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Skitch, I thought the very same thing. The ingredients in bleach is the same as the chlorine tablets. So if one will fade everything out, the other will also in large doses. Ok got my test kit. Chlorine test came in between 2 and 3. PH test came in ideal at 7.6 and alkalinity I am still...

I will hopefully get test kit today and will post the results. I appreciate all the help. I am no pool expert even though we have had the pool now for 20 years. Just put in a new liner and I want to start off right and keep it clear. I was never bad but then again in my opinion it was never...

I have ordered a recommended test kit, but for now I only have test strips. It shows the CYA is way low. It is the color that is the lowest on the strip. So I am using bleach and its still clear, but I read on this site hen I first opened it last weekend, to get the ph correct and then shock...

I bought the 3" "In the Swim" tablets. ( it states on the container slow dissolving) I actually ordered them on line last year. I would fill up the in line chlorinator and turn the setting knob on 1/2 to 3/4 open depending on what the test read. It always seemed to keep the level at what was...

thank you for the information. So you recommend using household bleach all summer instead of those tablets that go in the in line chlorinator? I am thinking they are what is making the pool in previous years not look clear. How much bleach should I use and how often. Also I did put a gallon...

just installed a brand new liner and filled the pool. The PH is good at 7.2 and I have shocked the pool. Test show no type of chlorine at all. Before this I always used the 3" tablets in a in-line chlorinator, but my pool water never seemed crystal clear. At this moment it is clear and I...

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR ADVICE. I JUST GOT OUT OF THE POOL AND TRIED TO LOOK AT THE WATER AND I CAN SEE ONE FLOATING AROUND SOME OF THE TIME. BUT I TOOK THE FLOAT OUT AND AGAIN THEY WERE ON THE BOTTOM OF IT AND THEY ARE MOVING. I SPRAYED OFF BUG REPELLANT ON ME A LITTLE AND ALSO A LITTLE ON THE...

We have a above ground pool. We also have a field behind our property and they plowed it last Sunday. After 12 years of this same field being plowed we have neer had this experience. While floating on a blue raft in the pool Sunday afternoon I felt like something was biting me but I could not...