Hi all - I got my pool installed a couple weeks ago. I haven't shocked it, but I have added stabilizer and chlorine. Do I really need to shock it? It's nearing fall up here in MN and I don't want to lose 5 days to a SLAM when I'll be shutting it down so soon anyway.
Here's the timeline of what I've done so far. We've been swimming in it basically this whole time.
If it makes any difference, there have been lots of leaves falling in the pool this whole time, and lots of rain the past 2 days (our pool level is actually too high now for the skimmers to work, but our backwash isn't hooked up yet so I can't drain it...)
So my question is: do I really need to do a SLAM, shutting the pool down for days, or can I just get by adding liquid chlorine daily to keep the FC around 7-8?
Thanks!
Here's the timeline of what I've done so far. We've been swimming in it basically this whole time.
- 9/9 - Our first swim, in unheated water straight from the garden hose
- 9/14 - Heater was hooked up. Initial temp reading was 63 degrees.
- 9/16 - Pool reached 80 degrees.
- 9/19 - Added some dichlor and some liquid CYA
- 9/21 - Added more dichlor and more liquid CYA. FC level 1.6; CYA level 55.
- 9/24 (7pm) - Added a bunch of liquid chlorine to bring FC to 8.5
- 9/25 (11am) - FC is down to 6.0.
If it makes any difference, there have been lots of leaves falling in the pool this whole time, and lots of rain the past 2 days (our pool level is actually too high now for the skimmers to work, but our backwash isn't hooked up yet so I can't drain it...)
So my question is: do I really need to do a SLAM, shutting the pool down for days, or can I just get by adding liquid chlorine daily to keep the FC around 7-8?
Thanks!