I tried it in a 20 gal Rubbermaid storage tub full of hot water. The water got a tiny bit cloudy and 99.999% stayed in the CYA clump, which became a brick overnight.
ok good! We are considering always opening late April but the water will definitely be 40-50 degrees at that time. I love the idea of seeing the pool earlier.
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I opened super early this year (middle of March), especially for living in the Midwest. At opening, my water was 56 degrees and crystal clear after removing my solid cover. I guess I should note that I also close as late as I can get away with, but even with the pool not being warm enough to swim for a couple months, it’s nice knowing that I won’t have to deal with a big bowl of pea soup. It’s also nicer to look at than a covered pool.Just a reminder for opening that if you open based on pool temperature instead of an arbitrary date, you won't open to a swamp. I open when the temp is above 60. It is currently hovering around 50. I figure 2-3 more weeks and I will open.
I totally understand why some people choose to open months later than I do, though. I just do what I’m comfortable with. 
PITA indeed!!!!! I am going to get lectured for this one, but I’m so impatient with the sock method and it taking forever to dissolve (and then I have to wait even longer before I can test it), so I go ahead and use dichlor since it is pretty much instant AND I obviously test my CYA and pH beforehand. I make sure the pH isn’t too low and put all my results into PoolMath and use dichlor as my chlorinating method until I get my CYA where I want it to be and keep a close eye on the pH (I use borates and it it stays pretty stable). After I get my CYA where I want it, I let the FC get back down to acceptable range and go back to liquid chlorine. I know dichlor doesn’t get much love on here, but if you like instant CYA gratification, it gets the job done.
Is that Robelle brand stabilizer? That stuff is slower than Moses!!!! By far the LONGEST wait to dissolve out of every stabilizer I’ve ever tried.
She is in Michigan and you’re in Georgia lol. It’s different here in the Midwest.
I think you meant trichlor ?PITA indeed!!!!! I am going to get lectured for this one, but I’m so impatient with the sock method and it taking forever to dissolve (and then I have to wait even longer before I can test it), so I go ahead and use dichlor since it is pretty much instant AND I obviously test my CYA and pH beforehand. I make sure the pH isn’t too low and put all my results into PoolMath and use dichlor as my chlorinating method until I get my CYA where I want it to be and keep a close eye on the pH (I use borates and it it stays pretty stable). After I get my CYA where I want it, I let the FC get back down to acceptable range and go back to liquid chlorine. I know dichlor doesn’t get much love on here, but if you like instant CYA gratification, it gets the job done.
Oh, or you could buy liquid stabilizer but it’s so expensive and it didn’t work for me when I tried it. Probably a bad batch. Meh. CYA is annoying lol
Nope! Trichlor are the pucks. They take a lot longer to dissolve. I’m talking about dichlor granules. Both are stabilized chlorine products, but dichlor will increase CYA much faster. Just make sure to brush really good after adding it to your water!
I mean, I get that, I guess I just didn’t realize it was THAT bad.She is in Michigan and you’re in Georgia lol. It’s different here in the Midwest.
I just poolmathed and I need 20 buckets to get my CYA to SWG levels.
Quite the contrary. You know exactly where you are, and exactly how you will get to exactly where you want to be.
You would be surprised how many people immediately stop reading after I say “dichlor.” LOL!! It’s like they see that word and instead of reading further, they start doing this….I just poolmathed and I need 20 buckets to get my CYA to SWG levels.
Quite the contrary. You know exactly where you are, and exactly how you will get to exactly where you want to be.
Carry on.
