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    Bleach v corona virus - backup plan?

    The closest I can get is the chloromax, regular plain bleach has been impossible to find for the last year or more, i did try a regular off brand last year, my cya was 30, ph, CH, TA were all where they were supposed to be and it didn't matter how much of the cheap bleach I added our pool stayed...
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    Bleach v corona virus - backup plan?

    No we don't have an swg. I only purchased 3 gallons at 12.5% but I do have about 10 gallons of bleach at 6% chlorine, I have some room to use chlorine tablets, or powder because I know when we open the pool the cya is going to be near zero. And I won't need to slam, we are opening with very...
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    Bleach v corona virus - backup plan?

    Thank you I just found all the related questions to my post, apologies for wasting your time?
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    Bleach v corona virus - backup plan?

    Hi all, With the craziness happening in the world, bleach is a very hard item to find, the liquid chlorine I've used in the past was very disappointing maybe it had sat on the shelf too long and lost strength, I did how ever find some on Amazon by Hampton with good reviews, but I am hesitant...
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    I have done everything i was told to do

    It takes a lot more drops. I will drain some of the pool today, and fill it with new water, and see if that brings it down. Thank you
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    I have done everything i was told to do

    So today the water test was better Free chlorine: 17 pH: 7.2 Total alkalinity: 110 Cya: still high 120 Calcium hardness: 210 Should I still add bleach even with such a high Cya reading? Thanks for the advice, I really appreciate it.
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    I have done everything i was told to do

    Okay the water is clear but of course since I added all of the chemicals I shouldn't have, and will never do again my tests are still weird. Free Chlorine: 26 Combined chlorine:0 PH: 7.2 Total Alkalinity: the color Doesn't change from green to red, it changes form green to clear Cyan: Still high...
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    I have done everything i was told to do

    I will comply with TFP, no more pool stores I will post test results tomorrow and only follow advice from here. I have spent a lot this week trying to fix this.
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    I have done everything i was told to do

    okay I will not add anything else, I will not buy any more chemicals from the pool store, I will retest the water tomorrow and post my results, I want to learn how to do this the right way.
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    I have done everything i was told to do

    Hi, so my test kit came, and I had a problem with my pool draining itself through the back wash hose, so I couldn't run my filter until the issue was fixed, I replaced the multi valve finally yesterday. While I was at the pool store picking up the attachments and hoses I asked about liquid...
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    Pool wont stop draining, even when set on filter.

    I will look at that first, thanks
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    Pool wont stop draining, even when set on filter.

    Hi there, we bought a house with a pool and this is our first season, so many problems, our most recent is, I woke up this morning and the pool lost about a half foot of water through the back wash hose, it was set on filter, I can't get it to stop, I've called around for a new multi port, I...
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    I have done everything i was told to do

    Will do that, thank you again for the help.
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    I have done everything i was told to do

    This how my pool looks today, I ordered the k-2006 test kit and will buy liquid shock. I poured 2 lbs. Of chlorbrite sanitizer in on Saturday will it hurt to add the liquid today?
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    I have done everything i was told to do

    Thank you, I will do that.
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    I have done everything i was told to do

    I will get that ordered today, thank you? I will post some pictures as well.
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    I have done everything i was told to do

    Sorry about that. As of just a moment ago. Chlorine (free total)/ brom: 5 PH: 7.2 TA: 110 Calcium Hardness: 300 Cya: 60 That's all my test kit has, it is a tpd test kit the tests include: free and total chlorine or bromine. pH Total Alkalinity Calcium hardness Cyanuric Acid.
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    I have done everything i was told to do

    Hi, we purchased a home and became new pool owners, this is our first season and we worked really hard to get it cleared up started with black water, everything was perfect until 3 weeks ago I noticed cloudy water, so we tested the water and there was no chlorine the ph and TA were low so we...