Yes you can, but we noticed some staining to the floor and the concentration of chlorine near the tablet will kill things like small animals and insects. Kids would play with the tablets and hurt or blind themselves. Chlorine was one of the first poison gases used in ww1, you need to be careful. The floating containers for tablets are not that expensive.
How much chlorine, shock treatment, and conditioner do we put in an 18ft. x 48in pool? Also, how often does this need to be done?
It dissolves slowly but surely, it will mix when you put your filter on!
Only a very small amount is needed, a cup should do, i woudl still recommend checking your test strips for pH and other related pool chemistry
Chemicals, especially chlorine, should not be allowed to sit on a pool's liner for any period of time. This will cause bleaching and could damage your liner.
how do u stop the water from coming out the sides of the pool
Purchase a good test kit for chlorine, pH and total alkalinity. Add chlorine to the pool. After about 20 minutes - time for the chlorine to circulate - test again. If no chlorine 'reading - add more chlorine. As an example a 15' x 30' plaster pool with no chlorine and with the proper amount of CYA will usually take about a gallon to bring the chlorine readings up to near required standards. REPEATED testing and the addition of chemicals will give you an idea what it takes for YOUR individual pool. Note: the same size pool next door with similar conditions may require different amounts to acquire the same results. k
No, it's not recommended to put chlorine tablets directly in the skimmer. The tablets can damage the equipment and decrease the efficiency of the filter. It's best to use a floating chlorine dispenser or a designated chlorinator.
try it out and tell me
I called Intex and they suggested draining it, washing it well with mild soap and water and drying it and folding it and putting it away.
well when you leave your pool covered for the winter, you are unable to put chlorine into it. Chlorine prevents algae so to answer your question, the lack of chlorine causes algae
Chlorine is usually kept in the pool at all times in the form of a tablet, if you mean the chlorine shock treatment which is a poweder that dissloves into the pool, I'd give it anywhere from 30 minutes to a day, depending on how much powder you've used to how many tablets are currently in the pool. Chlorine won't necessarily hurt you, since we swim in pools with it all the time, but it can burn your olfactory senses.
No, Chlorine would kill them.