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Oh, heavens, I'm in the same boat!!! I started on this site several years ago and was doing great on the BBB system (and enjoy the forum's banter to gain knowledge). Sadly, I went off the rails when I went on a couple of long trips and got lazy so I started using the tablets in a floater. BIG mistake. Back in January, we had a leak and had to replace one of the skimmers. We drained about 1/3 of the pool. However, I'm in the same spot as Gone Fishing. I have my own testing kit but took it to a local store just to test if my numbers were off by a lot. They also tell me I have phosphates but that's another story. I just can't keep chlorine levels in my pool all of a sudden. The store tells me I have to drain the pool. I even bought some of the non-stabilized tablets to see if I could keep the level up while also shocking with cal-hypo. This morning I added 2 gallons of 10% bleach (bought at Walmart pool section which looks to move a lot of inventory). I also know we need to replace our filter cartridges because they're shot. Ordered replacement will arrive Monday. So here's were this pool is at:
Gallons: 27,000
Material: plaster
Filtration: Hayward Blue Haven C520BH, 4 cartridges
Location: Dallas, TX
Outside temp: 96
Water Temp: 82
Free Chlorine: 0.4
PH: 7.5
Alkalinity: 86.0 (says adjusted), my reading is 150
CH: 264
Stabilizer: 170 (!)
Water Clarity: It's clear until I add the cal-hypo shock
So, help me too!!! Is our only option to drain more water? I've got no visible algae and the water is clear (but I'm afraid theirs invisible danger lurking).
I VOW NEVER TO RETURN TO THE DARK SIDE AND USE THOSE BLASTED TABLETS!!!
Oh, heavens, I'm in the same boat!!! I started on this site several years ago and was doing great on the BBB system (and enjoy the forum's banter to gain knowledge). Sadly, I went off the rails when I went on a couple of long trips and got lazy so I started using the tablets in a floater. BIG mistake. Back in January, we had a leak and had to replace one of the skimmers. We drained about 1/3 of the pool. However, I'm in the same spot as Gone Fishing. I have my own testing kit but took it to a local store just to test if my numbers were off by a lot. They also tell me I have phosphates but that's another story. I just can't keep chlorine levels in my pool all of a sudden. The store tells me I have to drain the pool. I even bought some of the non-stabilized tablets to see if I could keep the level up while also shocking with cal-hypo. This morning I added 2 gallons of 10% bleach (bought at Walmart pool section which looks to move a lot of inventory). I also know we need to replace our filter cartridges because they're shot. Ordered replacement will arrive Monday. So here's were this pool is at:
Gallons: 27,000
Material: plaster
Filtration: Hayward Blue Haven C520BH, 4 cartridges
Location: Dallas, TX
Outside temp: 96
Water Temp: 82
Free Chlorine: 0.4
PH: 7.5
Alkalinity: 86.0 (says adjusted), my reading is 150
CH: 264
Stabilizer: 170 (!)
Water Clarity: It's clear until I add the cal-hypo shock
So, help me too!!! Is our only option to drain more water? I've got no visible algae and the water is clear (but I'm afraid theirs invisible danger lurking).
I VOW NEVER TO RETURN TO THE DARK SIDE AND USE THOSE BLASTED TABLETS!!!
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