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    Spring Opening after Winter Pill, Free Chlorine over 25 ppm and will not come down

    the strip test kit result for FC was 3.0, I will order a new taylor kit at this point. Thank you all for your responses!
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    Spring Opening after Winter Pill, Free Chlorine over 25 ppm and will not come down

    The winter cover I use is the non mesh type. I do not have the OTO reagent, but I did just pick up a strip test kit since it’s all I had available and will check it when I get home.
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    Spring Opening after Winter Pill, Free Chlorine over 25 ppm and will not come down

    I agree with you guys for sure. I’ll stop in Walmart and see what they have for me to pick up real quick
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    Spring Opening after Winter Pill, Free Chlorine over 25 ppm and will not come down

    Thank you for the responses! The FC was approximately 5 when the pool was closed last fall before the addition of the winter pill. The tests are being completed correctly with the proper reagents that are not expired. Thank you for the tip on reducing the amount of reagent being used. I...
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    Spring Opening after Winter Pill, Free Chlorine over 25 ppm and will not come down

    This is the second year now after using the winter pill that I have had issues getting the chlorine level back to normal come spring. Last year I ended up removing half of the water in my 15000 gallon pool in order to get it back down. FIrstly, why is this happening and how can I prevent it from...
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    Tough algae

    I am fighting this same issue right now, have had the FC over 40ppm for two weeks with the help of the SWG and it is still there. Exactly as you mentioned when you brush it it turns to dust.