I'm new to the pool world...but learning. I haven't spent as much time on here as I wanted but it's been a busy spring.
So I've used some bleach because my free chlorine was zero. Added some and bleach and the next day no real change. I then added quite a bit more since I had no movement. My pool runs 8 hours on pump cycle and is about 16,000 gallons...test the next day and I was worried because it was now off the charts. I added too much???
The next day I tested again...now I've got nothing again. Maybe a bad stick? Retest...same deal...nothing.
Now I know I'm cheating with the sticks...but I was looking for a cheap way to try my own pool care before diving into a kit. Plus I have two little boys who A. Love the sticks. B. Would be screwing with the kit endlessly.
Any thoughts? This is a salt water pool and I'm in the green on salt.
So I've used some bleach because my free chlorine was zero. Added some and bleach and the next day no real change. I then added quite a bit more since I had no movement. My pool runs 8 hours on pump cycle and is about 16,000 gallons...test the next day and I was worried because it was now off the charts. I added too much???
The next day I tested again...now I've got nothing again. Maybe a bad stick? Retest...same deal...nothing.
Now I know I'm cheating with the sticks...but I was looking for a cheap way to try my own pool care before diving into a kit. Plus I have two little boys who A. Love the sticks. B. Would be screwing with the kit endlessly.
Any thoughts? This is a salt water pool and I'm in the green on salt.