I've been unable to get a chlorine level all summer. I'm pretty fed up and now just want to get the water right so I can throw on the cover. I have a 17,000 gallon above...

I've been reading a lot on this forum about pool chemistry and the one thing i haven't found is how to determine what my FC level should be based on my CYA level. I've...

I tested low in chlorine. Should I increase setting to 65% and re-test it after 24 hrs.? I have a chlorine generator and it is set to 60%, PH is ideal. I have been...

I keep getting black spots on pool bottom. Added chlorine granules and raised alkalinity level. Next day chlorine test strip shows deep purple (past the color on the...

I just bought a Taylor K 2006 test kit, and if I performed my first test properly, here are my readings:

FC = .4ppm

CC = .22 ppm

pH = 7.6

Alkalinity = 120ppm...

How much chlorine per liter do you use to shock?

Wife went to shock the pool 2 weeks in a row and both times I have gotten up the next day and the chlorine is just sitting at the bottom of the pool. Scrubbing it gets...

Evidently I had a high chlorine level when my local Pinch a Penny rep said to add a half a jug of liquid chlorine and 3 pints of acid. It didn't register as having any...

Hi.

I've had a pool for years now but this is the first time that I have water which is slightly foggy/murky and whenever I add chlorine it turns greenish.

I've...

New pool owners - have only shocked the pool 4 times. The first three times the level went up to 10, then back to almost zero by the next day. Last night we shocked the...

We're new pool owners, having purchased a home mid-summer last year with a 20x40 in-ground pool. We just kept doing what the previous home owner did last year which was...

:lol: we are having trouble getting our water clear. we had the water tested and where told to add 65 lbs of baking soda and 12lbs of shock it. our water is greener now...

hi, is there any other method to add granulated chlorine? If i put directly, there is some that doesn't desolve.

Got fed up diluting it first in the bucket every...

My wife put all 5 gallons of the 12.5% liquid chlorine into our 24000 gal pool. Now the chlorine levels are off the charts, any suggestions?

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I am not finding an answer

My PH and Alkalinity is reading perfect, but my chlorine levels are

total chlorine 8.5

free...

my level of Cl was at zero, I added alot (green algae), it's benn an hour and the test still says 0. How long should it take to show up? Thanks

Question - Just uncovered the pool for the season!! Woo hoo! Need to shock pool. Want to use 6% liquid household chlorine beach in 42,000 gal. pool - what's the ratio to...

My husband and I both shocked. Now we have sooooooooooooooo much in there. What should I do? :(

opened the pool, have 25000 gal. green floor was vacuumed to waste. Then I started shock treatment. My ph was at 7.2 ..I got from dirty green to cloudy green with 50lbs...

Is there an online calculator where I can enter these 3 values:

Combined Chlorine level in PPM

Volume of water in gallons

% Available chlorine in powdered shock...