This is my first post here, really liking the sight. Been reading through the information on Pool School. It's been a big help. Last year I just winged it with pucks and "shock" blindly. Needless to say it didn't work out very well. Didn't close pool properly at all, which brings me to now.
Opened pool, 3 dead squirrels, leaves, swamp green etc. This was before finding this site. So I drained the pool as far as possible, refilled. Used several bags of HTH super shock which I found out was the wrong thing to do. Luckily it wasn't dichlor or trichlor. Although the green went away it's now a very whitish blue. I guess possible from calcium chloride in the water? This brings me to now.
I've since stopped the hth powder and now have 10% liquid bleach. Have bought test strips which I know are inaccurate, have the taylor 2006 test kit on the way by this sunday Sunday.
The test strips showed ph 6.8-7.2. cya is 0 I'm not sure that's accurate, although I did drain and refill so I assume it probably could be. So assuming 0 cya I did add 2 lbs. In a sock of cya which by the calculator should be about 40cya. Been keeping the chlorine based on 0 cya at 10. Should I continue this until I get the test kit in?
Opened pool, 3 dead squirrels, leaves, swamp green etc. This was before finding this site. So I drained the pool as far as possible, refilled. Used several bags of HTH super shock which I found out was the wrong thing to do. Luckily it wasn't dichlor or trichlor. Although the green went away it's now a very whitish blue. I guess possible from calcium chloride in the water? This brings me to now.
I've since stopped the hth powder and now have 10% liquid bleach. Have bought test strips which I know are inaccurate, have the taylor 2006 test kit on the way by this sunday Sunday.
The test strips showed ph 6.8-7.2. cya is 0 I'm not sure that's accurate, although I did drain and refill so I assume it probably could be. So assuming 0 cya I did add 2 lbs. In a sock of cya which by the calculator should be about 40cya. Been keeping the chlorine based on 0 cya at 10. Should I continue this until I get the test kit in?
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