Recent content by Ashleigh

Hey guys! I haven't posted in a very long while, but if you saw any of my other threads from earlier this summer, I was dealing with a murky swamp and we've fought a long, hard battle to get our pool in shape! I had given up when it finally started to clear up and now we have a beautiful...

No change today. Maybe a little worse. Last night I added 10 gallons of chlorine, 8 should have been enough to get it to 18, I added two more just to be sure I was getting there. When my pool went blue before, it was before I started the SLAM and had just came upon this site. We had been using...

Ok, tonight's plan. After the rain passes, I will brush down, backwash, and vacuum a little in the deep end for good measure, then I will add enough chlorine to get up to 18. Anything else I should add? Cross your fingers and wish me luck!!

I think I just figured out my problem!!! When I changed the CYA number I FORGOT to up the target FC on the calculator and I've still been getting to 12 when I really needed to get to 18. UGH!!! Surely, that's my problem.

I've only been testing chlorine levels. My target is 12, and it usually falls to 7 or 8. I've been checking every 2-4 hours. I backwash twice a day, about 12 hours apart now. That's all it needs per the pressure gauge. Normal is 20, I backwash at 25. I've brushed twice a day since Monday. I...

No clouds coming out of my jets now. When I had more debris in the pool, the jets would shoot out clouds. This morning, the water is less clear than yesterday. The color is virtually the same. When I adjusted my ph last Sunday from 6.6 and it went to 7.6 the water turned back to green at that...

Hey guys! Now that my pool is showing some promise there's a few rips in the liner I need to patch up. I have some vinyl strips I can use, but I need a glue. Recommend a brand?? All of these are above or at the water level, none on the bottom. A few places are starting to pull apart from the top...

Tonight's check in...I think I'm seeing progress. Water is still green, but clearer than this morning. I am starting to see the slope again. Shallow end is clear, I can see the design on the bottom of the liner-just with a slight green tint. Here's where I'm a little puzzled tonight. I'm a...

Thanks for checking in. Physically, it's looking just a little better, not a lot of change over night. Still green. I can see the shallow end, so there's not a lot of debris after I brush and stir things up. I was able to net up the debris on the shallow end. Chlorine dropped to 8 over night...

I've adjusted my ph down and I started SLAM yesterday evening. My target chlorine level is 12 and I rested every 1-2 hours. My chlorine would drop down to 7 or 8 and I would add chlorine to get it back up. I'm filtering 24/7 now and my filter rarely needs to be cleaned anymore. About once every...

Consider it done!

Now that it's Monday, I can give this my full attention and I think I'm about ready to slam! I have done a water exchange, almost 30 % and I filtered the water. I will add the metal sequestrant after I slam. Yesterday morning, the pool for the first time ever, was clear and blue! I added the...

After ALOT of research, amazing advice from this forum, and what feels like a lot of blood sweat and tears...I think I am ready to SLAM my pool!!! This was the black swamp, just a few weeks ago and after lots of effort, my numbers are pretty close, so I ask you, is there anything else I need...

Yes, I certainly didn't want to start from ground zero again, so I've been adding 4-5 gallons of bleach a night. Pool is still blue thank heaven! - - - Updated - - - Ok, so I got my CYA test kit! Tonight, I tested my level for myself and the reading was 55...I hope I did it right. I've added...