frustratedpoolmom said:You can use 3 of the bags of dichlor, pre dissolve them in a bucket of water and pour slowly in front of the return. That will raise your FC up to 10 and your CYA by 9. Wait an hour or so and test the FC again, and then test again in the morning and see if the FC is holding or not. You can use the other three bags of Dichlor tomorrow to raise it up again. This should raise your CYA up to almost 20, so if you had a little in there to start, it should show up on the test in a couple of days.
If you prefer to go the CYA/stabilizer route - you can use a sock or a nylon, tie a knot in it and set in front of the return or set it in the skimmer so it doesn't block the water flow. This allows you to backwash. If you pour it directly into the skimmer, you can't backwash. Make sense?
Save the tablets. Did you pick up some bleach?
Thanks for the help !
"That will raise your FC up to 10 and your CYA by 9."
How do you know that'll bring the CYA up by 9?
I'll do as you say tonight w the 3 bags initially. I'll be up for hours, so I'll probably be able to test every hour for 3 hours. At these hourly tests, I will shock w bleach & keep the bags for for tomarrow unless you want me to use the bags hourly tonight. If you want me to use the bags hourly tonight I just use the calculator for "dichlor" rather than bleach, right?
Thanks again to Jason & FPM