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  1. I have a 30,000 gal inground pool and last year decided to switch to chlorine. The previous year we were constantly dealing with white mold and literally spending a fortune on the baquacil treatments, even CDX. Last year we started out the year with a bacuacil level of around 20 and it never would drop below 10 all season. We changed the sand in the filter then over the whole season we used 250lb of non-chlorine shock, 2 floaters full of chlorine tablets the whole season, 20 gal of liquid chlorine, 300lb of chlorine super shock. The cyaunuric acid level was on the high side of where it should be, but still within the range. The whole season we kept the alkalinity & ph perfect for chlorine. After the initial rainbow colors when we started adding chlorine shock, it got better. All season when we added chlorine shock in the evening we would still get mostly green clouds in the pool, but by morning the water would be crystal clear. The water looked perfect all season.. best it had looked & smelled in years. But... it would never hold chlorine and the baquacil never dropped below 10. We were told is had something to do with the CDX "holding" the baquacil level. Before we open this year we are draining the pool, cleaning it, changing the sand and starting with new water. We spent a lot more on the chlorine side than it should have used, but still less than on baquacil. My warning, if you have used CDX with your baquacil... just drain the pool first before converting it to chlorine and save yourself a LOT of grief and expense
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