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oops, forgot to report back! you all are great. :mrgreen: I just slugged a lot more clorox in than usual (isn't that scientific of me?) and didn't even get around to scrubbing it. The next time we were able to get to the pool (it was probably two days) I had a lot of "crud" (dead algae ?)...

thanks all, I'll up the chlorine and brush it a bit. no cya on the strips. we'll get the "real" kit when we put it up next spring, at this point we only have a few weeks left and I can't spend the money on the big kit and then have reagents go bad before next year. Depending on money and...

Hi, I've been doing household bleach in the pool for a few weeks now (since I found this site) and it has worked great, water has stayed clean and clear. My pool is just a glorified wading pool (intex 12' by 30") with a 530 gph filter pump. I keep the filter going almost constantly and rotate...

Oh it is like heaven! this is my first summer pregnancy so I'm miserable with the heat and of course being due in a month, I'm huge, so the pool is a double blessing. Right, the full test kit costs as much as the pool did, :mrgreen: , although in the future we would like to go larger, that will...

Hiya, I found this site when I was sarching for ways to maintain a kiddie pool using household bleach--it just made sense that I *should be able to do that, ya know? So far, I've found SO much great info here and read through most of the Pool School articles. Our pool is just an overgrown...