Difficult to find bleach or LC in New Jersey! What to do?

[Crominator]

I opened my pool on Tuesday and have been in SLAM since yesterday. Because bleach and LC are in short supply in NJ due to the coronavirus, I bought Clorox Blue 3" trichlor tabs- but now am aware of the issues with copper. I'm also aware that tab use will add to my CYA so am keeping an eye on that. Using granular trichlor to maintain SLAM level. The Clorox Blue tabs are in use in a float, but I plan to use them only until I can locate bleach or LC. What advice do you all have as we deal with difficulty in obtaining the bleach and LC that we would normally use?

FC- 12 (in SLAM)
pH- 7.0
TA- 70
CH- 150
CYA- 30
CSI- -1.21
TEMP- 54F

 

[JoyfulNoise]

Use cal-hypo instead! Your CH is low enough that it is the better choice. Stop the Clorox stuff or else you’re going to have to deal with the headaches associated with copper contamination.

 

[laprjns]

Maybe there is an Ocean State Job Lot within reasonable distance to you. Check out locations here. $2.99 / gallon of 12.5%.

 

[themadangler]

Ive found LC in Lowes so check there.

 

[doug wilcox]

where are you in nj

 

[Crominator]

YAY I found 12.5% LC! There's a Leslie's that carries it! The guy there told me that they do not carry those big yellow and blue jugs anymore, but they do carry 1-gallon jugs and 4-jug cases.