Hey y'all!
I'm a new pool owner, just an Intex 10ft. I have done the research with water chem, have a good testing kit and all the tools needed.
But still having a problem keeping free chlorine levels up.
I balanced PH and alkalinity to acceptable ranges and got CYA to about 35. Then I added Leslie's Chlor brite shock and tested a few days later with my Taylor kit.
Free chlorine: 3-5, perfect.
After testing the water, the wife and I took a swim, I made sure I had one clorox tablet (1 inch) in my floater, then I put the cover back on the pool.
That was exactly one week ago.
Today I took the cover off to find the water semi-cloudy, the tablet had dissolved in the floater. I tested the water and test came back ZERO free chlorine.
The pool was covered for the whole week, pump was run 5.5 hours every day.
My free chlorine was 3-5 just a week ago. Even if the tablet dissolved say half way through the week, is it really possible for free chlorine to come down to zero that quickly in a covered pool? Should I be using the Leslies perfect products or something? any ideas?
I'm a new pool owner, just an Intex 10ft. I have done the research with water chem, have a good testing kit and all the tools needed.
But still having a problem keeping free chlorine levels up.
I balanced PH and alkalinity to acceptable ranges and got CYA to about 35. Then I added Leslie's Chlor brite shock and tested a few days later with my Taylor kit.
Free chlorine: 3-5, perfect.
After testing the water, the wife and I took a swim, I made sure I had one clorox tablet (1 inch) in my floater, then I put the cover back on the pool.
That was exactly one week ago.
Today I took the cover off to find the water semi-cloudy, the tablet had dissolved in the floater. I tested the water and test came back ZERO free chlorine.
The pool was covered for the whole week, pump was run 5.5 hours every day.
My free chlorine was 3-5 just a week ago. Even if the tablet dissolved say half way through the week, is it really possible for free chlorine to come down to zero that quickly in a covered pool? Should I be using the Leslies perfect products or something? any ideas?