shock treatment

Have had a chlorine inground 20x40 Roman end 24000 gallon pool for many years and have decided to try the salt route. I am in New England so pool opens just before Memorial Day and closes just after Labor Day. When opening I typically dump 20 gallons of liquid shock, vacuum the next day and in...

Third year of using my Precision 7 Hot Tub. This forum helped me move from using the Frog Ease Ball and onto the Bleach method. Made my hot tub maintenance so much simpler. We only use our hot tub during the Fall/Winter/Spring time, and it is covered when we are not using it. My questions...

I'm new to using Bromine for my hot tub and have a few questions: I filled my 130 gallon hot tub and built up a proper 3-5ppm bromine level. Then I added CYA to 40ppm to buffer the bromine, incorrectly assuming bromine needed CYA protection - I now know differently, but just letting you know...

Hi everyone! New here, first post, please be kind haha. After 1.5 arduous weeks of trying to get my pool filter up and running without flooding the entire block, I have finally attempted the impossible and this Frankenstein is alive! (I got 75% of a Bestway power steel 24x12 with sand filter...

Hello! I am new to owning and this is my first time opening one up. I attached some pics of how it looks today after double shocking it yesterday evening around 8pm. I left my pool on circulate since I have a sand filter and didn’t want algae getting stuck in there. I’m not sure if that was the...

Hello, First week taking care of my own chemicals and I used the HTH strips and it said I needed 2 pounds of shock. I bought the granular shock and only put in one pound, and good thing as it just settled on the bottom even after three rounds of brushing it around. Now my FAC /bromine is way...

So I was gifted a use intex pool (10' by 30") and I shocked it yesterday using 2.4 ounces of clorox pool shock plus, and this morning I tested the water and the chlorine levels are still 0, but the PH has suddenly dropped. Yesterday when I tested the chlorine was 0, and ph was 7.2. But today...