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In the past I have had experience with pools with Pristine Blue and with using chlorine tab and now I can say this is the clearest most sparkling pool I've seen. It's beautiful. My FC overnight loss is down to a 2 so we are almost there. It's taken a long time because of a few rookie missteps...

That's exactly what it feels like.

It's working! It's working! I turned my entire skimmer basket into an attachment by adding a lid and so thankfully the basket is catching the big debris. I'm on my fourth basketful of yuck.

I'm ready to give up. I went out and bought a standard vacuum head and hose and set out to vacuum today. It's not going to happen. The vacuum hose is bigger than the hole in the skimmer. Any make- shift solutions I have tried don't work with the water for long enough to vacuum. There are no...

I got my CYA up to a 40 and I've been slamming for almost two weeks. I've been keeping the FC above 16 which is what the pool calculator recommends. The pool water is now a pretty cloudy shade of blue and it hasn't changed much in the last week. I can see shadows on the bottom of the pool so...

When testing the CYA does the water get so cloudy you can't see the dot? Mine is getting cloudy but not so cloudy that I can't see the dot.

The CYA is in the skimmer. I went out and squeezed it once already. It's dissolving fast. For some reason my signature is not working when I post from my phone.

I didn't have any CYA. I could see the dot until the tube was full.

It's a slamming Saturday. I've been out by the pool all day. I think I've finally hit the point where it's holding the chlorine better. I'm sitting at a 6FC right now. Does the FC need to stay above a certain level through the SLAM process? I'm so happy the water is finally starting to look...

Thank you! I searched for all the mentions of 10 minute drill and I was still not clear on what I needed to do. I wasn't comfortable with just starting to pour a bunch of bleach in without clarification.

I am not new to pools but I am new to this system. The pool I am working on was not cleaned or used since August of last year. It has great shade from a giant sweet gum tree that has dumped leaves and sweet gums balls in it for months. I got a leaf bagger and I have been vacuuming for a few...

Re: Frog Habitat Do you have to get the FC to 10 to do the 10 minute drill?

Re: Frog Habitat Just tested the water again. Still showing .5 on FC and CC and I never got the FC up high enough yesterday with 12 gallons of bleach to do the 10 minute drill. The CYA tube still has a visible dot all the until the tube is full. Do I need to add stabilizer before continuing...

Re: Frog Habitat I haven't got the FC up high enough to do the 10 minute test yet. I had doctor's appointments all day today - took longer than expected. I stocked up on more bleach though.

Re: Frog Habitat I've started the slam. Adding three gallons at a time. I'm holding steady at .5 FC and CC. I've noticed a change in color after the last time I've added bleach. Do I just keep adding bleach? I just put more in and plan on checking on it in the morning. I'm up to twelve...

Re: Frog Habitat Went out today and there was a tiny turtle on the second step that took off into the depths before I could grab net to fish it out. I think I'm going to keep vacuuming this week and start the SLAM on the weekend. I don't want to start pouring ton of chemicals in until I get...

Re: Frog Habitat Thank you.

Re: Frog Habitat Yes. 8.3. Very acidic. I'm still worried about ammonia. I'm guessing starting the SLAM will let me know if that's an issue.

Re: Frog Habitat Still getting leaves out but here's my test results. FC .5 CC 0 TC 0.5 CH 225 ppm TA 70 CYA - I filled the tube up and I could still see the dot.

Re: Frog Habitat I got my leaf bagger in and tested it tonight so I could get a feel for how it's going to work. I plan doing lots of cleaning tomorrow as long as the weather holds out. Do I need to test the water now or wait until I get it cleaned up more?

I have my TF-100 XL ordered and I'm slowly working on getting the debris out of the pool. My pool is currently a frog habitat. There are hundreds of tadpoles swimming around in it. The pool was used last summer. It's an unground Doughboy. 15,000 gallons. Deep end is around 6 feet. With...