this is my first summer owning a pool, followed BBB from the outset
water looks sparkly clear and feels good (a little irritating on the eyes). There is a bit on fine dust on the bottom, can't tell if it is desert dust or dead algae
walls are clean, I brush them once a week
The cost of chlorine is killing me; dumping in a gallon of 12% bleach every single day
I'm buying 8 gallons of 12% from E-Konomy pool every couple weeks
I also have two trichlor pucks in a floater trying to keep up
Last night at 9 PM, I dumped in another gallon of 12%, ran the pump for half hour, then tested- 8 ppm
This morning, 6 AM, tested at 6.5 ppm, zero Combined Chlorine
Tonight at 6 PM, tested at 2.5 ppm, zero Combined Chlorine
tell me this isn't normal; I can't be dumping $8 worth of bleach into this thing every day, all summer long
FC - trying to maintain 6 ppm
CC - 0
pH - 7.6
alkalinity - 100
CH - 240
CYA - 60
temp - 85 F
water looks sparkly clear and feels good (a little irritating on the eyes). There is a bit on fine dust on the bottom, can't tell if it is desert dust or dead algae
walls are clean, I brush them once a week
The cost of chlorine is killing me; dumping in a gallon of 12% bleach every single day
I'm buying 8 gallons of 12% from E-Konomy pool every couple weeks
I also have two trichlor pucks in a floater trying to keep up
Last night at 9 PM, I dumped in another gallon of 12%, ran the pump for half hour, then tested- 8 ppm
This morning, 6 AM, tested at 6.5 ppm, zero Combined Chlorine
Tonight at 6 PM, tested at 2.5 ppm, zero Combined Chlorine
tell me this isn't normal; I can't be dumping $8 worth of bleach into this thing every day, all summer long
FC - trying to maintain 6 ppm
CC - 0
pH - 7.6
alkalinity - 100
CH - 240
CYA - 60
temp - 85 F