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    Any reason why chlorine might disappear very fast? (no sun)

    Re: Any reason why chlorine might disappear very fast? (no s CC level appears to be the same as FC level, about 1-1.5. Did a test and the CC level was supposed to be the color after 10 seconds, and CC after 2 minutes. It quickly turned pale yellow and stayed that color the whole time w/ no...
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    Any reason why chlorine might disappear very fast? (no sun)

    I've been trying to balance my 22k gallon pool (been sitting covered for 2 years), and have a strange situation. Chlorine appears to disappear very fast. A few days ago, I used 8 bags of super shock and the cl level tested 0 the next morning. So tonight I shocked it again - 4 gallons of...
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    Best place to get borax in US? Cheaper than dept. store?

    I found some boxes at Rural King for $4 a piece, that's the best I've found so far. I'll check the Kmart and see what they've got, thanks.
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    Best place to get borax in US? Cheaper than dept. store?

    Thanks! It's a 30' round, about 22000 gallons. I used a test strip that gives you the results for pH/FC/TA/CYA.
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    Best place to get borax in US? Cheaper than dept. store?

    Hi, I've finally re-opened my pool after leaving it covered for a couple of years. Has a lovely green tint to it :cry: plus some disappointing numbers: FC 0 pH 6-6.2 TA 60 CYA 30 I forgot that pH needs to be increased first, so I shocked it yesterday which unfortunately did nothing. After...