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I am going to keep SLAMming until the water is crystal clear. I do have another question. It seems like the swamp left a stain on the walls of my liner. How do I remove it? It won't come off with just the brush. It kind of looks like rust in it being kind of orange.

Here are pics from yesterday and today. Algae seems to be almost gone. How do i get rid of the cloudiness? - - - Updated - - - Here are photos of the pool when i opened it and what it looks like today.

One day to the next, keeping FC at 16. I think I see a difference but it could be wishful thinking

So I just got home and tested FC and Ph and brushed the pool. FC = 11.5 and increased it to 16 Ph = 7.4 CYA = this morning in full sunlight, back toward the sun and test tube at waist high = 30 but am rounding up to 40 Pool is green

Hello all, so after a day of partial draining and refilling I got up this morning and was just able to test CYA and FC because I was running late to work. Currently CYA read 30 and I am rounding up and assuming it is at 40. FC was at 4. I then went and checked the the chart for Chlorine and CYA...

yes it was at 20 or less. I assumed it was zero. So I used poolmath to calculate from 0-40 (40 being my target). Poolmath calculated to put in 7lbs of stabilizer. so that is what i did. put it in a sock and put the sock in the skimmer. I would then squeeze the sock occasionally to let out the...

so i just tested now at 8:30am, it is a cloudy and rainy day today. I tested the CYA again and it is reading 80. what should I do?

am I supposed to pour solution slowly until the black dot completely disappears?

The sock was a disolved by 8pm. i did the test indoors since the sun is down and it is pouring rain outside, I did the CYA test twice but i did not have it at waist level. (So not in the sun and not at waist level, so it is probably inaccurate) I will leave the pool as is until the morning...

so i just tested CYA and it is at 80...What do I do a partial drain?

So I tested the Ph around 4pm and it was at 7.2 after adding the borax. I then put more borax to raise it to 7.4, I had to leave for a couple hours but before I left I tested the FC again and it was 11 so I put more bleach in the pool to raise it to 12 and some since I was not going to be home...

ok so i was reading and it says after you add stabilizer and increase CYA not to backwash/clean filter for about a week. My question is if i brush will all the algae i have the filter pressure rises on the gauge, should i backwash or no?

ok so after putting in borax to raise Ph and stabilizer to raise CYA i waited an hour and retested. the FC reading came in at 10 so i increased to 12. then waited another hour and the FC reading was 9 so i raised it again to 12 by adding more bleach. So far am I doing it right?

Ok thank you, I did the quick test and after 10 minutes the FC held at 10ppm. Now I am going to add Borax to raise Ph and going to put in stabilizer to raise CYA. I used poolmath to determine how much to put in. Now I should check FC every hour and keep it at 12?

is there a specific area of the where I should be testing (Shallow end? Deep End? By Return?)

Good morning everyone. Well my test kit came in and here are my pool readings: FC = 0 CC = .4 Ph = 6.8 TA = 40 CH = 90 CYA = less than 30 (black dot did not disappear when level of water reached the 30 on the testing tube but did disappear when i filled the tube all the way to the rim) I hope...

Ok so yesterday I got home from work and scooped out a whole bunch of leaves and debris from the pool. I couldn't see the bottom because it is so green so I didn't vacuum but I did brush and backwashed often. Still waiting for the test kit to come in. I have 18 Gallons of bleach on hand and put...

Ok thank you. I brushed the pool last night and it got darker and had to back wash a few times. I can't see the bottom so i didn't vacuum. Tonight I will brush again and continue to backwash. Is there a preferred time to put the gallon of bleach in? (Morning or Night)

So the wife couldn't make it to the pool store yesterday and it closed before I got home from work, so I dont have the pool readings. Good thing is that my test kit will be in this weekend. Also this morning I did what Tim5055 said to do and put in 1 gallon of bleach. Should I be brushing or...

I will post a current set of test results when i get home from work (7pm) Just looked and the test kit should arrive by Saturday 6/4. The water is currently a murky green and when I brush it gets darker. I can see the first step, the 2nd step not so much and the third step forget about it.

Ok will do what tim5055 said to do until my test kit comes in, btw I purchased the basic k-2006 (the one without the letter "C") so I will be buying more reagent today. I had the wife run to the pool store this morning to just test the water since it is free. Told her not to buy anything just...

The numbers were from last week when I went to the pool store.

Hello all, Well I have been battling algae now for a week and a half. I took the water to be tested at the local pool store. They said the water was corrosive. It has not been open for about 2 years. (Just moved in January) the readings were: From what I could remember FC - 0 TA - was low Ph-...