Bioguard to bleach and back

[doc8404]

Discovered TFP last year and love it.
Everyone comments on our water. The feel. Smell or lack of. The clarity.
"What do you use?"
bleach.
"No way."
Needed to raise CYA and I had some bags of Bioguard Smart Shock, dichlor.
Pound yesterday and pound today.
Notice the smell. Yuck.
Letting it burn off and back to bleach!
wife agrees. The smell. How did we live with it!
thank you all for what you do on this site.

 

[jblizzle]

Once the Dichlor is in the water, it is just chlorine ... same as with bleach. A little odd that you would have noticed that much of a smell difference.

 

[Donldson]

Agree with the bliz, adding pure dichlor to the water should not smell any differently than when adding bleach to the water. Maybe the bag was stored somewhere (before you had it or after) that a smell permeated the bag and embedded itself in the powder, but outside of that odd possibility it shouldn't happen. I use dichlor regularly when I need CYA and there is no noticeable smell.

And thank you for being a member of the site and a supporter of it.

 

[doc8404]

I'm sure you're right.
Does your dichlor contain the copper too?
could be the plastic bags being stored in the hot garage.
We both noticed the smell.

 

[Donldson]

I only use pure dichlor, I stay away from anything with copper. If the bioguard has copper in it then I would not use it regardless of smell.

 

[doc8404]

Some days I'm surprised we made it through a season of Bioguard.

 

[doc8404]

Bought the CYA from Amazon as suggested by
another member. No more copper for me.

Polyquat after shock levels with bleach before closing.
Sad, our Walmart is already putting all summer stuff on clearance.