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the ACTIVE ingredient in pool shock is either chlorine for chlorine based shocks (most commonly calcium hypochorite, sodium hypochlorite...which is the same as chlorine bleach, lithium hypochlorite and sometimes dichlor or trichlor...which are NOT good to use as shocks since they increase CYA and can lead to overstabilized pools!) or MPS (potassium monopersulfate) for non chlorine shock (which is more usedful for indoor chloirne pools and for chlorine spas than for outdoor pools for chemistry reasons that are complicated to explain.
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Do you shock a pool or backwash pool first?
Backwash first then shock. If you shock and then backwash you will be throwing away the shock you just put.
How do you shock an intex pool?
3800 gals of pool water shock it with 1 gal bleach
Is pool shock the same as chlorine?
There is chlorine shock and non chlorine shock. Fo chlorine shock, which is the normal shock, it is the same a s Chlorine but unstabilized, so it will not last in the pool very long.
Do you remove your pool sweeper when you shock the pool?
You do not need to remove it.
What is shock a pool?
To shock a pool is to effectively increase the chlorine dosage to the max in order to exterminate a bacterial or algae problem.
Is pool stabilizer and shock the same?
No, pool shock is normally a really strong chlorine and stabilizer is like sunscreen for the chlorine
When filling your pool with fresh water do you need to shock it or just chlorinate it?
shock it
Do you still have to add shock each week with the salt systems?
Salt pools still require weekly shock maintenance, but not near the amount that a chlorine pool would need. There are Salt Pool Shock Treatments out there for your particular pool setup.
Should you shock your pool every time a duck uses it for a bathroom?
I try and shock my pool every other day, or, if it rains, shock it at night after it rains (never during rain).
Do you add shock to the pool on top of the water?
Yes; mix the shock with water and pour it into the pool directly in several locations and run the filter.
What shock do you use for bromine pools?
our pool dealer sells us regular pool shock [champion brand] for our bromine treated 25,000 gal pool, have had no problems in last 5yrs
Can you put chlorine tabs or pool shock in a kids pool?
try it out and tell me
