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When I went there yesterday it was $4.99, so that's what I paid. Seems like the best option in the area, but I'll price bleach wherever I go. New hobby. :D

Quick results after adding 1.5l of 10% bleach and 2Kg of borax yesterday: CL (OTO) = 3-4 PH = 7.5 (Just tested with the K-1000)

Today's numbers: CYA = 30 FC = 2 CC = 0.5 CH = 325 TA = 110 PH = 7.2 No more dithering - it's time for bleach since the CH is pushing and the FC is at minimum for the CYA. 1 2Kg box of Borax should take care of the PH and TA at the same time (according to PoolMath).

Since my pool loses very little chlorine over time (low bather load, solar cover) even with little to no CYA I have still been using a bit of cal-hypo while I seek the One True Bleach (strong and cheap, like a fine wine). Of course, now I have added CYA this week I will now have to bump my FC...

Stopped by Rona today to check out the Old Dutch bleach - no % on the label. Customer service pulled up the MSDS for it, which lists it at 0.1%-4.9% of sodium hypochlorite. Not sure what the range means, but evidentially the bleach is no more than 4.9%, which seems pretty weak.

That's cal-hypo. It won't push your CYA up but it will increase your calcium hardness (notice the bag says calcium hypchorite, whereas bleach is sodium hypochlorite). It's just a more concentrated form of unstabilized granulated chlorine.

Thanks Go_Habs_Go, I see the CTs out here have that in stock for $4.99 right now. How often does it go on sale?

Haven't done a full re-test since the 6th, but we've only been in the pool once since then and it's still clear as a bell. As for big-box stores: Home Depot out here only carries Clorox for $5.99 per 3.78L. Rona Home and Garden lists Old Dutch bleach 5L for $3.49, but I'd have to go check the...

Went to Walmart to pick up some cyanuric acid and bleach. Acid yes, bleach... one jug of Clorox with Fibreguard(tm) and three small jugs of Clorox concentrated bleach. Neither had a % on the label. Large empty space where all the Great Value bleach would be. Didn't realize there was such a...

First TF-100 results: FC=0.5 CC=0.5 TC=1 CH=300 TA=130 (wiping tip after each drop) CYA=<20 (can still discern pale grey dot when tube is full) PH=7.4 So... I guess I don't want to use the rest of my cal-hypo since my CH seems to be right (200-400)? I guess I'll go get some bleach and CYA...

Back from a camping vacation on a lake almost as clear as my pool! :) After a diversion south of the border for Nexus interviews and something waiting for me at the package receiver's... To paraphrase an old commercial, "Only in America, eh? Pity." (Red Rose Tea 1977 TV commercial -...

No worse than AquaPro support! Nah, they were trying... Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

On mine the plate would just sit on top of the basket, so that water is pulled from the hose instead of the skimmer mouth. In my case since the valve plate is missing it just pulls from the bottom drain instead (my MD is plumbed to the skimmer) so I can't do that. Sent from my Nexus 5 using...

I remove the skimmer basket and put the hose directly in the inlet port but I use a inline leaf cannister on the hose. If my skimmer wasn't missing its guts I would use a vacuum plate. If my skimmer wasn't cracked I would try and source new guts for an old Jacuzzi PMT-1. I need the skimmer...

Yes, I just saw that the calculator can use cal-hypo - I guess I can choose the 48% selection as close enough?