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Ok - I way overshot my chlorine, but passed the OCLT- i had a FC of 33.5 last PM and the same at 5 AM, no CC to speak of.

This morning I woke up and realized I didn't divide the FC number by 2 when I tested last night, so I only got to 16 PPM. This am the FC is at 14 FC, with a CC of 1.5. I'll try again this evening and will get the FC above 24.

Well I overshot - it's sundown here in Phx and I'm at 32 FC 16 FC...assume higher is better than lower. We'll see in the am.

Thanks all - I'll switch to the Lowe's brand (Kem Tek) Chloronating Liquid - 10%.

Ok - I'm back to revive this thread of mine. Apologies for not posting after all the support, but I had life get in the way of working this pool issue. I've been adding chemicals, sweeping the pool and testing today and I think I'm ready to begin SLAMing. I've been using the Pool Math app to...

Pool drained and refilled, approx 3lbs of CYA in sock in front of a return. Pool CH is 400 and Salt is 3200.

Ok - drain in progress. Will check back in later this week after pool is refilled, i've added CYA, balanced the pH and re-checked all my numbers. Appreciate the assistance!!!!

I'm draining the pool now - my thinking is that i will need to get the CYA up before I SLAM, and i'd prefer to not have to re-add the CYA again when I drain (due to Salt levels) later. Should I SLAM before draining? The 2017 water report for my area shows Sodium (no NaCl readings) ranges from...

CH from the hose (fill) is 150ppm. I rechecked the salt and I calculated wrong earlier - it's 1200ppm from the faucet. Pictures: Pool 10 is last evening, dog for scale. Pool 11 is today a 1PM.

Thanks all - I'll focus on the steps that duraleigh suggests - I will continue to vacuum up the dirt and drain out the pool with a pump to get down to around 50%. I'll check and post the CH of the fill water here shortly. mknauss, I test my salinity with the 1766 kit.

Ok here's the results - I did input these into my Pool Math app and am happy to share if that's preferred. FC: 6.5 CC: 0 pH: 7.2 TA: 60 CH: 600 CYA: 20 (really <20) Salt: 5600 Also wanted to mention that I last refreshed my kit chems in Fall 2018. I have CYA ready to add, but wondering if I...

Never deep cleaned the filter - it's brand new as of Sept 2018. Never added anything like that (Floc or clarifiers) - I stick to clorox, muriatic, cya, occasional chlorine pucks and beer if its a particularly fun weekend.

Ok - I'll get some pool results in about an hour. I just downloaded the pool math app so there's no data there. But I'll admit I'm a recovering pool ignoramus as I wholly buy into the TFP way but for the last few years have gotten lazy with the pool. I went and got a manual pool vacuum setup...