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What exactly are you doing when you shock? Does chlorine levels have to be at a certain amount before shocking? My water is cloudy and FC is 0. I just added CYA in the skimmer basket. How long do I have to wait before adding the round disk sanitizer? And does shocking it bring the FC up?

I have a 16' x 4' AGP. I have been using the 3 in 1 tabs from walmart for sanitizer and the shock they sell. I also have added their sanitizer and algicide and have used 3 jugs of the pH down trying to lower TA(using areation between doses of pH down) I went to the pool store and told them I...

I have a 5000 gal 16' Intex ABP. I set it up 2 weeks ago. I have been following the advice here on how to lower alkalinity. We have not added any other chemicals except ph down. we have gone through a lot of ph down with the areation. How long should I keep this up before adding...

I hane an Intex 16' AGP. We have done nothing but filled it and tested. Test results are: ph - 7.2 TA - 490 Hardness - 430 all others were 0 due to not adding chemicals yet. How do i lower alka without lowering ph? Any links to instructions on starting a new pool? I only find on opening a pool.