Dosing liquid chlorine every day vs just shocking twice a week

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been going back and forth on this since i got the swamp cleared up. right now i just dump a gallon or so of liquid chlorine in whenever my FC gets low, usually ends up being a big dose every 3-4 days instead of smaller daily amounts. seems to work but my FC swings all over the place on the K-2006, high right after then crashing by the time i test again.

wondering if i'd be better off doing smaller daily pours to keep it steadier instead of these big swings. anybody actually run both ways and notice a difference in algae risk or just chlorine usage overall. feels like daily would mean babysitting it more but maybe less waste from UV burnoff since it's not sitting at a real high number in full phoenix sun for as long. curious what everyone's actual routine looks like

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What's your CYA sitting at right now? That swing you're describing sounds a lot like what happens when CYA is low or nonexistant, the chlorine just gets hammered by the sun with nothing buffering it, so a big dose looks great for a day then falls off a cliff. If youre in Phoenix sun with no stabilizer thats probably eating more of your chlorine than the dosing schedule ever will.

If CYA is fine then yeah smaller daily pours would probably smooth out the graph some, but honestly with salt I just dont deal with this anymore, the AquaRite keeps mine pretty steady without me touching anything most weeks. Before that though I was the queen of the feast or famine dosing and it never felt great watching FC crash right before I got around to retesting.