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    Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the hour

    Re: Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the h They're the Leslies 3" tabs, supposedly they contain - •99% Trichloro-s-triazinetrione and I'm not sure what else. I'll have to look when I get home.
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    Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the hour

    Re: Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the h I'm not on well water. I'm starting to think that maybe the fact that the CYA is 50, supposedly, that TA needs to be around 100 instead of 70 since I am using the trichlor tabs and "shocking" with cal-hypo. Once I get out from under...
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    Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the hour

    Re: Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the h Well after reading through the pool school I now realize that I am using trichlor as well in the form of the 3" tablets with a floating dispenser. I started using these the same day that I first applied the cal-hypo. In fact the...
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    Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the hour

    Re: Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the h I did not. The other two things I have added is Phosfree and initially when the pool was "blue" cloudy, before it turned clear green, I used Ultra Bright. All of these of course were bought at Leslies.
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    Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the hour

    Re: Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the h I am using Leslies Algae Control which states that it has not metals. While it doesn't look like they test for iron, both of my water tests appear to be 0 for copper.
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    Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the hour

    Re: Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the h After using 1lb of cal-hyp on 4/18, the pool was clear green on 4/19. I thought it was algae because my numbers were good on 4/13 so I got some algaecide and applied it on 4/19. On 4/20 the pool was crystal clear. On 4/22 I did a...
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    Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the hour

    Re: Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the h My CYA on 4/13 was 20 and my CYA today was 50. I have used 1 lb of cal-hyp on 4/13, 4/18, and again yesterday, 4/22.
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    Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the hour

    Re: Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the h We'll do. Thanks
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    Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the hour

    Re: Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the h To be more specific, the "shock" is calcium hypochlorite.
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    Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the hour

    Re: Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the h Thanks. Decision made which is why I signed up here, but I also wanted to let you know what I currently knew which was what I learned from the water test at the pool store. I will be looking into a more detailed test kit that I can do...
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    Shocked pool last night and it turned green within the hour

    FC - 0 TC - 0 PH - 7.4 TA - 70 CH - 230 CYA - 50 This weekend the pool was sparkling clear. Last night I checked the Chlorine= low to none and PH=looked to be in the acceptable range. Brushed, vaccumed, and shocked with one pound and within the hour the pool was clear green. Added algeacide...