Recent content by cscooper

Thanks. That was the next question I was going to post this a.m: when do you decide to shock? When the combined chloride is above a certain level? Would that be 0.5 ppm? And then the next question: After you shock, when is it okay to go in the pool? I did use muriatic acid. I just typed HCl...

The posts about the wall whale make it sound great at brushing pool walls. Do you use it also to brush the bottom of the pool?

I'm also confused by total alkalinity, and whether it matters. Current numbers: FC: 1.8 CC: 0.8 CYA: 20 pH: 7.2 TA: 260 CH: 170 This worked out to a 0.0 saturation index. tonight at a temp of 82F. I just converted from biguanide to BBB over the last week, and the conversion worked wonders on...

And more than one year later, I'll chime in. When you're told that you're going to host a 4th of July party in less than a week, and you've been battling green crud in a biguanide pool for more days than you'd care to re-live, you start spending a lot of time on line looking for answers. . . ...

Re: Welcome to Troublefreepool.com I'm another new user who was bummed at not being able to register at the poolforum. You are truly a great guy for setting this up and maintaining it. :wave: Thanks a bunch!

I am in the process of converting to chlorine from Soft Swim, a/k/a biguanide after spending hour after frustrating hour trying to get the pool water clear. I'm so glad I found this forum. :-D I've been reading everything I can find about converting, BBB, and anything that seems pertinent...