Hello all,
This is my first pool and first time posting. i read in Pool School "Start-up Procedures" that for the first 30 days i should not Shock the pool. I have tested my water and my Free Chlorine and Total Chlorine were around 0.09ppm on monday. So far i did as instructed by the builder and added four 3" chlorine pucks into the Chlorinator and set that to level 3. I tested the water with a simple chlorine test kit this morning and it seems that the chlorine is still at 0. So i raised the Chlorinator level to 5. On Monday when i tested my water with the builder i was given 3lbs of Calcium Hypochlorite Shock to add to the water. Should i do this or is there a safer way to add Chlorine to my new pool? Thank you in advance for any advice...
This is my first pool and first time posting. i read in Pool School "Start-up Procedures" that for the first 30 days i should not Shock the pool. I have tested my water and my Free Chlorine and Total Chlorine were around 0.09ppm on monday. So far i did as instructed by the builder and added four 3" chlorine pucks into the Chlorinator and set that to level 3. I tested the water with a simple chlorine test kit this morning and it seems that the chlorine is still at 0. So i raised the Chlorinator level to 5. On Monday when i tested my water with the builder i was given 3lbs of Calcium Hypochlorite Shock to add to the water. Should i do this or is there a safer way to add Chlorine to my new pool? Thank you in advance for any advice...