How To Lower CHLORINE in Your POOL | Swim University

[@SwimUniversity]

We hope this helps you lower the chlorine in your pool! Remember, your sun and time can be your best friend to lowering levels naturally. And we highly recommend investing in an in-skimmer mineral sanitizer to supplement and help reduce your need for chlorine! If you need more help, grab the free Pool Care Cheat Sheet at www.swimuniversity.com/cheatsheet

[@elvinmatos2762]

I’m gonna need a new pool pump. Should I go with a variable speed pump or the same I have now? I would love your opinion on that. My old pump was Hayward super pump 1.5HP

[@betz4017]

Have you used an ionizer in any of your pools and how do you rate them?

[@lisabigon1426]

As a brand new pool owner, I find your videos invaluable! Clear, easy to understand and concise! Thanks so much!

[@felixsepulveda2367]

I too am a new above ground pool owner. Your advice has been easy to follow and on the money. Thanks.

[@sir_i.p.freely3757]

Went to test my pool to see what the chemical levels were and the chlorine levels were very high I took the pool skimmer out and I’m gonna do what you suggested and let the UV rays bake off some of the chlorine then I’m gonna retest it after an episode of stranger things and see where it ends up

[@kimberleezebrowski494]

This helped a bunch and educated me as well!! Thank you!!

[@gamininarampanawa8288]

Great. You did marvelous explanation

[@FlowerPower513]

Do I want to add chlorine to my 2000 gallon pool if I am filling it with jello for a women's wrestling match? Also what would be better for my filter, pudding or jello?

[@beaniegirl12cb]

Incredibly helpful!

[@kathybrossart2649]

I have a quick question, how to regulate my free chlorine in a Jandy filter system

[@viperstingray]

@swimuniversity can you please do a segment on Chlorine plus ozone systems (ex: aop 25)? You touched up on it very briefly. How much chlorine should you maintain if you have an ozone system to complement your chlorine

[@davidmoran7827]

With regards to the Hydrogen Peroxide, how do I know how much to add and where can this be purchased? My local pool store doesn’t carry that.

[@alexathechris4513]

I have a salt pool and the salt reads low but the chlorine is high. Everything is about 6 months new and has been cleaned. My other chemicals are okay except alkaline a bit low

[@bobkitt4594]

Question: How will hydrogen peroxide effect ALKALINITY? It will decrease PH and chlorine, but i have not been able to find what it will do to alkalinity levels. Thanks in advance!

[@antonerasmus8638]

What chemical's is best for aboveground pools and inflatble hot tubs

[@SwimUniversity]

We talk about water chemistry for smaller pool here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYqXoHablLeDsJI

[@howardpayton1931]

Thanks ! How can I go from 0 -10 in my chlorine levels after I shock the pool ?

[@SwimUniversity]

You probably added too much shock!

[@timcummings6761]

When using sunlight to reduce chlorine levels, is it better to keep pump running or let water sit still in direct sunlight

[@drdrew3]

UV is stronger near the water’s surface so run the pump to treat the deeper water and water in the shade

[@maxineo1976]

I just got a 10ft by 30in above ground pool and my pH is at 7.2 but my Cl is somewhat bright orange and above what the reading range is. Is it still safe for me to swim in? What’s the fastest way to lower the Cl levels?

[@elkskiutah8204]

not good to swim with an unknown level... 1-3ppm is best

[@alexgunawan98]

Question : how to lower chlorine level in the ocean water pool ? Also use Sodium Thiosulfate ? will it increase salinity ? 🙏🏼

[@SwimUniversity]

Assuming you’re keeping levels the same as you would a salt water pool, your best bet is to try the first few methods first. Then sodium thiosulfate if needed. It’s very easy to over do it!

[@outlaw5597]

I messed up and dumped a while little bag of Leslies Chlor Brite in my new Above ground Cotco pool. What do i need to do to make it safe for my kids to swim? Do i have to drain it? First timer here.. thanks

[@Boudicaisback]

I have the same problem. I think we just have to wait it out.

[@mikeniro8070]

Hello I found a bunch of black little dots that resemble black paint that don’t scrub off. Leslies told me to shock with 2 lbs of Chlor Brite, wait 24 hrs and add black algae killer. Why would my chlorine show 0 after adding the 2 lbs of chlor brite? It was supposed to spike it? 20,000 gallon vinyl. I also added 25 lbs of calcium hardness plus.

[@emalcik83]

So...if I got overzealous with my chlorine adding and put 3 tablets in my floater instead of the 1 my pool needed how can I fix this? Do I just pull the floater out of the pool? Close the floater vents? Also, I need to worry about the off-gassing from the wet tablets in the removed floater?

[@drdrew3]

Remove the floater and test every 2 days until back to desired range. Be carful where you store floater because fumes and leaks very concentrated chlorine. Put it in a bucket away from kids and pets

[@raisalongworth2698]

I have a 9000 l pool I have super pucks and a floater how much should I open the floater to let water in

[@enj0ythesiIence]

Hi! My CC is 12 and FC is 3. How many gallons of chlorine for a 20,000 gal pool? My kids haven't swam yet this summer.😢 Thanks!!!

[@SwimUniversity]

Have you tried adding non-chlorine shock (oxidizer) to the water? That'll break up combined chlorine.

[@enj0ythesiIence]

@@SwimUniversityyes! I actually did that thanks to your videos but it didn’t work. Perhaps it wasn’t enough to hit breakpoint. 18 hours ago, l added 4 gallons of liquid chlorine. The FC was higher last night when I tested and now FC & CC are looking even at 20. Pool is milky white. I cleaned my cartridge this morning and also used ph reducer as my level is 8.4-9ish. I'm just checking in to see if I'm doing things right and if my levels are looking like I hit breakpoint. I’d love my lil ones to finally swim! Thank you! Love the vids!

[@jgould30]

Salt water generators (SWG) do NOT monitor anything. That's just untrue. They will just generate chlorine based on whatever percentage you set them at. If you want to "monitor" sanitizer levels you need pool automation solutions like intellichem (pentair) or sense & dispense (hayward) or similar. These tend to use ORP sensors which are NOT very good at measuring sanitizer levels. Plus they are expensive. There are solutions out there that actually use DPD methods to measure the water that you might find in some commercial pools, but they are crazy expensive solutions.

[@williambiddy6245]

We just got an above ground pool it’s 25 x 52 I husband bought a $500 robot for the pool but your other video showed that we just need a pool blaster vacuum which one do we need

[@cassandrawestfall60]

I just bought a rechargeable intex.pool vac I'm in love with this vac did a awesome job

[@alexrodriguez6437]

I bought the pool blaster and love it. I don’t even use my robot vacuum cause it just kept getting stuck.

[@josemacon7385]

Are you supposed to balance your pool before adding the rest of the chemicals?

[@ddsferas35]

My son is 7 and his eyelids and face started to get puffy after swimming in our pool without irritation or rash. His siblings don't have his problem. Based on your experience what do you think might be the reason? Ladt year we used the public pool and he had no problems so I'm really confused ! He has an appointment with his Dr soon but I wanted to ask what could be the cause? Thanks

[@nh1946]

I had this when I was younger. Reaction to the chemicals.

[@72hdryder]

havent added chloeine in a month it keeps going up water evaporating to fast from heat

[@Realcjs]

Does chlorine neutralizer work with bromine treated hot tubs?

[@drdrew3]

No. But spas burn off bromine extremely quickly if you remove floater and run pump with cover off for a few hours. Usually back to normal range the next day because such a relatively small volume of water are high temp

[@Bashl3y]

What about free chlorine levels. My pool is cloudy. It had algae and I got rid of it but now it’s cloudy. Chlorine is 5 and free chlorine is 10 using the Clorox test strips.this is a 5,500 gallon above ground pool

[@mindhive-twitch4131]

By what you're describing, that's caused by very high combined chlorine (the used up chlorine). Combined chlorine is what gives off that strong chlorine smell and it is not good at all for you. Usually combined chlorine should be 0-.5 ppm ideally. Pool places would recommend a healthy dose of pool shock, probably starting at 2 pounds if your total chlorine and free chlorine are still around this level. They sell the non-chlorinated pool shock but it is not cheap compared to the cost of Cal-Hypo shock (standard pool shock). The non clorinated shock can also address the high free chlorine levels somewhat by oxidating some the extra free chlorine.

[@michellegraham3657]

I have just tested my spa water. free chlorine is on the higher side of ok. the Ph is in the middle range and the alkaline is also in the middle so water is pretty balanced. do I now add my chlorine dispenser with tablets. wont this sanitize but really increase my balanced water

[@rickylanding8379]

No because if its an outdoor pool after a couple days the sun will evaporate your chlorine anyways the dispenser will feed it as the sun eats it see what im saying 😁

[@rudianger123]

Where is the cheat sheet? I signed up with email, but only takes you to site to buy video series. I love the videos, but this "free" sheet thing seems shady. If I'm wrong, let me know. UPDATE: They did send cheat sheet via email. 100% not shady :-) Thx Swim Univ!

[@SwimUniversity]

It’s free and you should have gotten it in your email. Check spam. If not, email us [e-mail]

[@rudianger123]

@@SwimUniversity It did come via email. Sorry for being a bit salty at first. Thank you!

[@3arc_Paulo88]

would be nice to have a video on how to work out how much Chlorine a pool uses per day... will be useful for those with SWG !

[@TheBellecm]

It depends on how much sun it gets, if it’s used a lot , and if it gets a lot of debris.every pool is different. You have to test your pool daily to really know

[@drdrew3]

Every pool is different. Too many variables. Chlorine demand cycles with the seasons

[@CLMFun]

Will more chlorine help keep the spiders out at night? Only at night do the spiders invade. Help!

[@SwimUniversity]

They're probably attracted to the lights because there are bugs around the lights for them to eat. Try turning the lights off at night to see if that helps.

[@NuNuRokd]

Are you going to address there chlorine tablet shortage? Every store everywhere sold out.

[@Brttstr]

I got an Inter pool 10 ft by 30in and I was told by the pool person to add shock and now it’s green. Is that normal?

[@SwimUniversity]

Check out our algae troubleshooting video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppSylYtubJmpjbs

[@cherokeeredbaby]

Just back wash once in the morning and once at night it should be crystal clean in three days🙂it saves on money too

[@jamesmartin1406]

what if i left solar cover blanket all day and all night? does will or will not help lower chlorine?

[@danielarshavin9491]

Can we put caustic soda in pool

[@datsuntoyy]

not if you want to keep your skin. Ever see what a dishwasher does to aluminum...

[@SwimUniversity]

We do not recommend it on Swim University. It’s very corrosive and dangerous to handle if you don’t know what you’re doing.

[@mitchbooyse565]

What is the actual issue with a pools chlorine level being higher than 3ppm?

[@RyanGenereaux]

I think it can irritate your skin, I remember when we shocked out well I showered before it was all out and my skin got very red and flakey

[@chrismontanaro861]

As q

[@drdrew3]

Pool is safe to swim up to 7ppm. The reason you don’t keep it above 3 is because you would be WASTING MONEY.

[@2shoes451]

Less costly to jus add more tap water

[@arthurgutti3452]

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[@datsuntoyy]

I use about $5.00 a week in chlorine. SInce I don't chlorinate year around, that works out to about $700 in chlorine in 5 years, about the same cost as a salt water chlorine generator. Since the generators only last 5 years that cost breaks even. Well, if it wern't for the fact salt water generators seem to double the muriatic acid use. Plus its a pain in the butt to clean the generator once or twice a year. Salt water generators also means you can't use pool backwash to water plants. I had a salt water generator on my last pool, I would never go through that hassle again.

[@jimkline6285]

Why do you say you can't use the backwash water to water plants, usually the salt level is not high enough to cause issues, is it?

[@datsuntoyy]

@@jimkline6285 there is enough salt in normal tap water that builds up over time to do damage. It doesn't take much. If you live in a place that rains alot and has well draining soil, you may be able to get away with it if infrequent. Google "salt burns on plants"

[@drdrew3]

Now it’s almost 2024 and adding a SWG system will cost you $3000 up front and another $800 every time you need to replace the salt cell. Liquid chlorine is CHEAP in comparison. How times have changed

[@k.d.140]

Diluting the pool is expensive and time consuming.

[@felipelanuza7345]

You should never put tablets in the skimmer unless you want all your copper pipes or heat exchanger To have it leaks

[@enizicanovic428]

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[@ArtemkaPannat]

01:27 If your pH drops to 0, it is time to forget about red eyes !

[@amietrapp2033]

Last time I went to classes... cya never goes anywhere except by draining water.

[@drdrew3]

CYA also gets diluted when you add water. It also gets splashed out. It also gets carried out in swimmers and their bathing suits. It slat breaks down chemically albeit slowly

[@charlesm8834]

Too Fn long hey bro did you ever get to it i clicked off love the fact that you LOVE to hear yourself talk

[@jgonzalez6018]

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