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I performed the overnight chlorine test last night. Because our pool was so low in chlorine (<1 ppm), I added bleach (about 30 oz) around 8:30 pm last night with the pump running. At 9:30, I measured chlorine levels and was at 3 ppm. This morning when I measured at 7, it was at 2 ppm. Our...

We have an Intex Ultraframe 16' pool with a sand filter and a SWG. We have struggled to get the chemicals levels to stabilize all summer, but recently our chlorine (which was always ok) went to zero. We are running the SWG for 2-4 hours a day. When the chlorine bottomed out, we added bleach...

About how much bleach would I need to add to a 5000 gallon pool? How soon is it safe to swim in after adding the bleach? The pH looked close to the 6.6 range when I tested it on Sunday. Not sure why it was so low, but when I added ph increaser that night and retested today it came back up to...

Hi, I put up a new Intex Ultra Frame 16' pool in lat May/early June. I had researched using this site and had the Taylor test kit ready to go. Upon taking initial measurements on June 8th, I had a 7.1 pH, 40 ppm Alkalinity, 40 ppm Calcium, and 2 ppm Chlorine. That was the date I added CYA as...

We recently set up a 16'x48" Intex ultraframe pool with an Intex sand filter and SWG (copper bars unhooked). We put the salt in the pool and ran just the sand filter for 24 hours like the instructions said to do in order to help dissolve the salt. We then turned off the filter overnight and...

Thanks again! I think we figured it all out - we will find out tomorrow when we run it all together. We also bought an Intex sand filter. What do I need to get the larger debris (bugs, grass, etc.) filtered out of the pool? The intake screen that connects inside the pool is so small that it...

Thanks for the reply! We have it all set up but not enough water in it yet to check the filters. We just upgraded to a sand filter and will run it with an Intex SWG. My question is - are there instructions somewhere for how to disconnect the copper bars? My husband follows directions well...

We have had an 18' Intex easy set pool for a few years and just upgraded to the 16' x 48" Intex Ultra Frame. At our new house, the pool is going in an area that is currently partly grass and partly compacted dirt. Removing the sod is not an option for a bunch of reasons, so the question is...