What to do with CC levels under 0.5

[neckbeardus]

My CC level is testing at 0.2 this morning. Do I need to bring my chlorine level to a shock level? What I've read you don't need to shock unless your CC gets to 0.5 or above. Using my Taylor 2006 kit, I added the 5 drops for to test for CC and it showed a little pink. appears to only be around 0.2. Do I need to raise the FC to a shock level or would just bringing it up to around 6-7 do the job? This happened last week and I shocked the pool and the CC level was gone. Was hoping this was normal after a weekend of swimming.

Test
PH 7.2
TA 90
FC 3.2
CC 0.2
CYA 20-30

 

[duraleigh]

Happy swimming! :lol: Do nothing.

The rule of thumb is greater than .5 cc's before it's a source of concern

 

[frustratedpoolmom]

I would say don't waste the chlorine on shocking until each reaches .5

But that's just me....maybe others will chime in.

 

[frustratedpoolmom]

See, Dave's here.

Dave - my kit is only 30 minutes from me, in Lisle.

Kid in a candy store, Christmas morning....you name it.....

 

[JasonLion]

The more detailed rule is to not worry about CC if it only takes one drop of reagent to clear the pink. If you are testing so that one drop is 0.2 then don't worry as long as CC is 0.2 or lower. We normally simplify that to just say 0.5 because most people test so that one drop counts as 0.5.

CC is just starting to become an irritant around 0.4. Most public pool heath codes allow levels as high as 0.5. Regardless, the goal for an outdoor pool is to keep CC very near zero at all times. It doesn't take much for the test to show one drop of CC, so we allow that.

 

[neckbeardus]

Thanks for the answers guys. Looks like I have nothing to worry about. Bought some bleach yesterday and plan on adding some tonight. My first experience of the BBB method....you guys got me.