I am dosing it with bleach for now but is there anything else I should add to water to keep it in a better shape. Like water softener or algae remover
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Nope. Just bleach. All the other chemistry can be fixed in an afternoon, once the water is clear.
I can relate to difficulty finding cheap concentrated bleach in Canada (I'm nearby in Georgetown). I bought a bunch of this from Canadian tire http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/aquarius-liquid-chlorine-5-l-0813327p.html#.U5cc5HJdW1s and the label says 10.3%. The pool companies are also pretty reasonable selling liquid chlorine for about 70 cents per litre but you need you own jugs for them to fill.
I'm also a new pool owner this year and bought the K-2006 from piscine-apollo. I had to order reagents right away for the chlorine test so expect that. Richard's been helping me too and my struggles are documented here if you're interested. http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/76254-Old-pool-new-to-me-advice-appreciated
I think I'm about a week ahead of you. Stick with it and stay patient. At least that's what I keep telling myself (and my wife...) Glad to read about ppl close by embracing the BBB method.
I'm also a new pool owner this year and bought the K-2006 from piscine-apollo. I had to order reagents right away for the chlorine test so expect that. Richard's been helping me too and my struggles are documented here if you're interested. http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/76254-Old-pool-new-to-me-advice-appreciated
I think I'm about a week ahead of you. Stick with it and stay patient. At least that's what I keep telling myself (and my wife...) Glad to read about ppl close by embracing the BBB method.
Thank you adolson. So when I use a walmart bleach to raise from 0 to 12, in total it comes to 4.6$ in value. However when I calculated with thr canadian tire chlorine u provided, it comes to 3.2$, even cheapier. Hmm I am not sure why I was told the bleach is cheapier solution and chlorine is expensive. Take a look at the screens shot, do u know if I can use poolcalculator for that chlorine as it says bleach there. Thank you
Try PoolMath instead. You can adjust to whatever strength chlorine/bleach you have to work with and find the answer for amount to use. http://www.troublefreepool.com/calc.html
I entered 10.3% (active chlorine content) and it's worked fine. But given the high FC levels associated with shocking my pool maybe that's been conservative and lead to slight over-chlorination.
Pretty sure bleach is exactly the same chemical as pool chlorine (or commercially available sodium hypochloride), just less concentrated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_hypochlorite
I think American bleach comes in higher concentrations than ours and is generally less expensive south of the border. They also have access to better cheaper test kits!
Pretty sure bleach is exactly the same chemical as pool chlorine (or commercially available sodium hypochloride), just less concentrated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_hypochlorite
I think American bleach comes in higher concentrations than ours and is generally less expensive south of the border. They also have access to better cheaper test kits!
I've heard that some folks in Canada cross the border and get a post office box in the US for ordering things faster. Or perhaps have a friend across the border that they can get a test kit through?
There's a spot in Quebec that sells the K2006 for about $150. By the time you pay for a US PO box and drive back and forth it's not worth the time/money/hassle to order to the states. Struggling to find a borate test kit in Canada right now though...
water is still green and cloudy, however today when I came back from work FC was 1ppm instead of usual 0. Raised it back to 12ppm. Recent photo
Adolson. you can purchase the borates test strips from tftestkit. since it is not a taylor product Dave can sell and ship it to Canadians. I had asked the question a while back and there seemed to be no problem. you can confirm with them again to validate.
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Finally back. Hello again everybody. Had a little issue with my pool, one of the jets started to leak, so had fix it. Now I guess I have to start from scratch? During the days pool's pump was not running, however I was still cleaning it as much as I could and added a little of bleach just to prevent algae. So today I started the pump again and it is all running.
The water right now is crystal blue, you really want to start swimming in it. I tested FC is 0ppm, and tested CYA with taylor test and it says look while black dot disappears at the bottom of the container, however it never did in my test. The water was clear.
My previous CYA was 30ppm, should I start SLAMing it again at level 12 FC ? Again the water is really clear and nice. Please help! Will send you the pics when get back home
The water right now is crystal blue, you really want to start swimming in it. I tested FC is 0ppm, and tested CYA with taylor test and it says look while black dot disappears at the bottom of the container, however it never did in my test. The water was clear.
My previous CYA was 30ppm, should I start SLAMing it again at level 12 FC ? Again the water is really clear and nice. Please help! Will send you the pics when get back home
Here is today's pic of the pool, please guys reply need some guidelines what to do next
If I understood you correctly, the black dot never disappeared, and the (test) water was clear?
If the CYA test wasn't in the least bit cloudy, your CYA would be 0 - most probably you had the CYA to ammonia conversion, or you lost significant amounts of water to the leak.
With FC 0 your first priority is to get some bleach in.
Then get some CYA in and start SLAM.
Yes exactly water is clear , black dot never disappears. So if CYA is 0 How do I raise it ? During the pool fix I had to replace about 40% of the water.
This morning I added some Chlorine but how do I increase CYA to start SLAM ?
Thank you
This morning I added some Chlorine but how do I increase CYA to start SLAM ?
Thank you
CYA=Stabiliser=Conditioner=cyanuric acid=isocyanuric acid
Have you bought CYA? If yes, the recommended way is to put it in an old sock , tie up the end, and hang in front of a return.
(Picture credits Richard320)
Have you bought CYA? If yes, the recommended way is to put it in an old sock , tie up the end, and hang in front of a return.
Check out this link from Pool School which talks about all of the recommended chemical and how to add them. It looks much better than the beginning. 
Thank you guys, so basically I need to add some stabilizer to increase CYA. What CYA level do I need ?
Use poolmath to get to 30 or so. Then shock level is 12.
And I didn't take that picture, I just stole it from someone to save myself a lot of typing.