Start the pool filter and circulate the pool water for 24 7 for a few days but don t turn on the salt cell yet.
Chemicals needed to open in ground pool.
If it s your first time opening an inground pool or if it s just been a while since you ve done it you might be wondering what chemicals you ll need to open the pool.
Ph 7 2 7 6 alkalinity 80 120 ppm calcium hardness 180 220 ppm cyanuric acid 30 50 ppm chlorine 1 3 ppm.
It s recommended you add a gallon of liquid chlorine or pound of granular chlorine for every 5 000 gallons of water in the pool.
Liquid flocculants are ideal for severely cloudy water.
You still need to balance your water chemistry you still need a stain scale chemical and will benefit from using a clarifier and algaecide.
Once the pool is opened and the floor and walls have been brushed the first chemical you should add is chlorine to shock it.
Pool startup chemicals for any pool type include.
Pool clarifier and stain preventer pool shock and algaecide pool chlorine tablets.
Chemicals for your pool water.
They coagulate the cloudy water particles into masses that settle.