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    I am showing Nitrates again

    FAC 0 TAC 0 Water pH 7.6 TA 90 CYA 30 Calcium Hardness 180 TDS 500 Nitrates 10ppm Phosphates 0 Nitrogen 30 Water is clear. I added 5lbs of of Leslie's power powder plus yesterday.
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    I am showing Nitrates again

    Opened pool yesterday......brought water in to test everything is "PERFEFCT" except I am showing Nitrates again :-( tester said I am at 10 when last year we were over 25 and we drained and refilled and were fine the rest of the summer. I put 5lbs of shock in (per pool guys reccomendation) he...
  3. J

    Bleach on sale at Shoprite this week

    Thank you so much!!!!!
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    Bleach on sale at Shoprite this week

    How often do you all use the bleach in ur pools? Do you use as needed based on testing or is it a weekly type thing??? I posted ystrday and sorry if I am being repetitive. I too was in Shoprite ystrday and was going to stock up but not sure how much to get to last the summer?? Thank you so...
  5. J

    Adding bleach at night, pump turned off.

    Thank u so much will re-read the pool school........
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    Adding bleach at night, pump turned off.

    Re: Can you use regular household bleach??? It's a 45,000 gallon plaster/concrete pool.. TH (total hardness) 250PPM TC (total chlorine) .5PPM FC (free chlorine) .5 PPM pH 7.4 TA (total alkalinity) 80PPM CYA (cyanuric acid) 30-50 PPM Is this the info u needed???? Thanks so much!!!
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    Adding bleach at night, pump turned off.

    Can you use regular household bleach??? Can I use regular bleach ie Clorox to "shock" my pool???? How much should I use for a 45,000 gallon pool???? Any help would be appreciated....Thank You!!!!
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    Adding bleach at night, pump turned off.

    If my pool is 45,000 gallons how much househole (Clorox) bleach should I add???
  9. J

    Draining b/c of HIGH nitrates.....

    We use tablets in a floating thing...is that ok???? we use the granuales should we just use straight bleach (like the kind u get in the grocery store????) I will read all the links u suggested and I can't thank you enuff for your help!!!! It really is appreciated :-)
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    Draining b/c of HIGH nitrates.....

    Best photo I could get w/ the glare
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    Draining b/c of HIGH nitrates.....

    I think the walls look good I dont see anything noticiable. I am a little naive in the pool termanology.....what is FC...free Chlorine??? We couldn't keep any chlorine in it.....the guy at the pool store was baffeled (sp) and the fact that we had this problem b4 and he wasnt trying to sell me...
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    Draining b/c of HIGH nitrates.....

    OK I am new here :) We had a nitrate problem last year and guess it carried over this year. Brought water to be tested and the guy was stunned by the nitrate number. Suggested draining and refilling instead of dumping a ton of $$$ on chemicals. We are almost drained...my question is should I...