Recent content by owl96

It has been a week and my conversion is about done. It was easier than I expected. I am still bringing up the CYA level. The CC level is below 0.5. I used 14 gallons of 10% bleach. The advice on this forum was invaluable. Thank you!

I am now a little over 24 hours into this conversion and the pool is crystal clear again. The FC has dropped substantially through the day (as expected) as it is sunny. I do not see any color change when more chlorine is added. Will check drop in FC in the morning.

After finding that the biguanide level (14) was lower than the test strips test (no big surprise) - I decided to convert without draining the pool. I balanced the pH and TA then vacuumed. After adding 4 gallons of 10% bleach over several hours and several FC tests, I measured little to no FC...

Thanks. I have only used Soft Swim.

Thank you Leebo! As I recall, the water delivery costs me $300 - 400. I'll have to think this one over. After reading a few other threads on the conversion - it sure seems like it could potentially take a few weeks without changing the water.

Thanks! I am on well water. The pool was filled last year with trucked in city water.

Just pulled the cover off my 9000 gal 15 x 24 above ground. Bottom has yellow mustard algae. This is a first for me as I installed the pool last summer. The biguanide level tests at approx 30 units (SoftSwim B). I would like to convert to chlorine. Is my biguanide level too high to make the...