Recent content by Wonderbeansmom

I know I'm not maintaining a high enough FC level, hence my frustration with my SWG, which is supposed to produce Cl. I shouldn't have to keep adding bleach to raise my chlorine. That's what the SWG is for.

My pool has been unable to keep the Cl where it needs to be all last year and this year. We have to add bleach all the time. I SLAM'd the pool for 10 days last summer. I can show you my detailed log with results, observations, and action taken. Within 7 days my Cl was 3. I have a SWG which...

Well, I feel incredibly stupid thinking that was black algae on the liner. I've been all over the site looking around and I can't believe it missed that article! I have a whole binder filled with articles from this site, so I thought I had read everything. :oops: I rubbed some of the...

Hi everyone! I need some help with what I need to do to get rid of this algae. Our pool has been cloudy for about a week and a half. We've been using bleach to keep the chlorine level in check. Then the it started dropping and we've been playing with bleach to keep it up. I haven't been...

Thank you for your input! Since we have an in-ground pool, I have scrubbed the lights, the stairs, the built in stairs in the deep end. That was with the pool brush. Should I get in the pool and scrub it down with a stiff bristle brush? - - - Updated - - - It does help, thank you! I haven't...

Hello! I am so frustrated! I have been SLAMing my pool since Monday and it's still not passing the OCLT! Last night the TC=22.5 and this morning TC=20. !!! My pool has been crystal clear even before the SLAM and I just don't get it. I have been adding bleach to hit the shock level of 20...

A follow up... Started the SLAM 7/13 TC=3 pH=7.5 TA=160 CYA=50 @7pm that night: TC=21.5 @10pm that night: TC=18.5 added bleach, then tested next day 7/14 @6:30am TC=22.5 tested at 11am: TC=16 added bleach, tested again at 7pm: TC=17 added bleach, tested again at 10pm: TC=21.5 this morning 7/15...

Can you give me any insight based on my readings what we are doing wrong and why our pool isn't being properly maintained? Thank you for your help! I will be heading to Sam's Club for a huge amount of bleach today. Question though...does the pool have to be open to slam? We have an automatic...

First off, thank you for all the input. Here's what happened: Readings before doing OCLT test: Date = 6/27 pH = 8.2 FC = 3.5 TA = 180 CH = 140 CYA = 50 Salt = n/a The night of the OCLT test, I added 3 gallons concentrated bleach and 80 oz muriatic acid. A few hours later at midnight, the...

Hello! I wanted to see what you all thought about my next steps in getting my water back in balance versus what the guy at the water treatment store told me. Here's some recent readings (based on the TF-100 test kit) and steps taken: Date TC pH TA CYA CH Salt Water Condition...

What would cause the high salt light to flash when the salt is not high? The board says salt level at 9900ppm! All other lights on IC40 are green. FC at 1.5. I tested using a salt strip and reading was 750ppm! Shouldn't it have shut off at that level? The IC40 was just installed last...

The stabilizer setting is at 100%. I went to Walmart and got the HTH Stabilizer and Conditioner. I haven't added it yet. Is the CYA going to clear up my water? The water is cloudy coming out of the return jet. So there's pools of cloudy water floating around. Not to mentioned some sort of...

An update: The filter pressure was high and my husband did a backwash and the pressure went to normal. He also switched on the stabilizer setting to 100%. This was at about 5:30 last night. I looked at the pool last night around 10pm and it was clearer. The pump ran all night and I looked at...

I'm at Walmart and obviously I can find bleach but where do I find CYA? - - - Updated - - - Oh and all they have are "hth" products. I have no clue if I should use anything from that company. They have a natural clarifier and a super concentrated clarifier. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I'll head out to the store then. My son swam in the pool this morning while it was cloudy. Is that harmful? Thanks!