We have a 24,500 gallon inground pool. Because of my lack of attention to my SWG, my free chlorine level reached 0. My pool store had me put in 10 pounds of super soluble chlorine. How long should it take for the chlorine level to increase? I have test 3x since adding the chlorine and have seen no change after 5 hours.
Chlorine STILL too low!
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It would be a huge help if you could post a full set of water test results.
Fighting algae is a process. It is quite unlikely that one chemical addition will take care of things. You need to know your chemical levels and adjust things based on that. Try reading the fighting algae article in Pool School for some background.
Most likely all the chlorine was used up fighting the algae and the algae is now growing back. On the other hand it is possible that your chlorine test is giving an incorrect reading. What kind of chlorine test are you using? OTO: drops turn a sample yellow which is compared to a color chart, DPD - drops turn a sample red which is compared to a color chart, FAS-DPD - powder turns a sample pink and drops turn it clear.
It would be a huge help if you could post a full set of water test results.
Fighting algae is a process. It is quite unlikely that one chemical addition will take care of things. You need to know your chemical levels and adjust things based on that. Try reading the fighting algae article in Pool School for some background.
Most likely all the chlorine was used up fighting the algae and the algae is now growing back. On the other hand it is possible that your chlorine test is giving an incorrect reading. What kind of chlorine test are you using? OTO: drops turn a sample yellow which is compared to a color chart, DPD - drops turn a sample red which is compared to a color chart, FAS-DPD - powder turns a sample pink and drops turn it clear.
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Super Soluble Chlorine? (10lbs)
Was this liquid or granules?
The only thing that matches that description is this product:
http://www.hydropool.com/cgi-bin/hydro/21049.html
What are the exact specs of this chlorine. Maybe others are familiar with it, but if you added 10lbs of that, then
Was this liquid or granules?
The only thing that matches that description is this product:
http://www.hydropool.com/cgi-bin/hydro/21049.html
What are the exact specs of this chlorine. Maybe others are familiar with it, but if you added 10lbs of that, then
If you used that, in granular form, it's Dichlor.
We need a full set of test results, if your CYA is already too high (10 lbs would increase it ) then that could be part of the problem.
We need a full set of test results, if your CYA is already too high (10 lbs would increase it
) then that could be part of the problem.Similar threads
