Hello,
I'm about to get my pool installed at the end of the month so today I finally went to the pool store to see what products they offer and what I would be receiving during the install (yes I can go to homedepot or walmart but I wanted to see what my local pool store offers before I venture off). One of the products was Smart Silkguard sticks (they are stabilized). The person who I spoke to didn't seem to knowledgeable. He said all I had to do was put 1 puck in the skimmer a week and that all I had to do. I asked him about cya levels and he didn't know what I was talking about. I'm thinking if I put these sticks in my pool then cya levels would slowly rise up and I've been reading around it's not a good thing. How could he make such a statement? I had read many people use liquid chlorine instead of stabilized chlorine. How fast does CYA go up in a approx 6000 gallon above ground pool before levels are too dangerous? I live in Canada so I thought maybe Canadians don't care about CYA because in winter they have to drain out water and fill in the summer?
I'm about to get my pool installed at the end of the month so today I finally went to the pool store to see what products they offer and what I would be receiving during the install (yes I can go to homedepot or walmart but I wanted to see what my local pool store offers before I venture off). One of the products was Smart Silkguard sticks (they are stabilized). The person who I spoke to didn't seem to knowledgeable. He said all I had to do was put 1 puck in the skimmer a week and that all I had to do. I asked him about cya levels and he didn't know what I was talking about. I'm thinking if I put these sticks in my pool then cya levels would slowly rise up and I've been reading around it's not a good thing. How could he make such a statement? I had read many people use liquid chlorine instead of stabilized chlorine. How fast does CYA go up in a approx 6000 gallon above ground pool before levels are too dangerous? I live in Canada so I thought maybe Canadians don't care about CYA because in winter they have to drain out water and fill in the summer?