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Happy Saturday Morning, starting weekend with PH 8. We admittedly haven't been consistently testing PH. Last test prior to today was 3-4 wks ago = 7.5. We only use bleach on a daily basis. We test FC 1-2 times per week, it remains within proper limits 4-6. I have 3 questions: What causes the PH...

Its amazing. SLAM & TFP is the best!! Thank you!

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LOL! Absolutely! Will post it today!

Today was our first day in the pool. Completely different swimming experience. Even when we used to think the water was clean, how it looks now cannot even compare. Its sparkling beautiful crystal clear! There always used to be this film on the top no matter what we did we couldn't get rid of...

Slam Finished! Passed ONCL with loss of only 1ppm of FC this am 5am - FC 19. Current results 7:00pm FC 14 CC 0.5 ph 7.2 TA 110 CH 150 CYA 50 TEMP 85 Do we need to raise the ph now or should we wait to see the final result of ph when the FC drops to within normal range?

Day 3 of slam. Today CYA is down to 45 from 60. Any info on why that would've happened? We are now shocking at 20 vs 24. Loosing about 4ppm every 3 hours or so. Very sunny today also. Any feedback? Are we on the right track?

Agree! Cheaper, and basic. I love that we are not introducing any metals into the water, and other things that wind up creating havoc down the line. TFP has helped us tremendously. Water looks greatly improved. Just a tiny cloud left in minimal areas of deep end which we are confident will be...

Thank you all for keeping us on track! The first few hours of your first slam are pretty nerve wracking! At hour 11: pH: 7.4 FC: 21 (just added another half gallon) CC: 0.5

8:40 pm PH - 7.4 FC - 21.5 CC- 0.5 added 1/4 gallon retest at

Ah, got it! Since that 4 FC we've increased the chlorine additions to every hour, 13 gallons in the pool so far in the past 7 hours. As of 7:36 pm EST we are: pH: 7.4 FC: 19 (We added another 3/4 of gallon after this reading based on a goal of 24 FC) CC: 1 Next test in 10 minutes!

We are using the Taylor K-2006C. In that particular test (@10ml) the FC test turned clear at the 8th drop (=4 FC). Then after 5 drops of reagent R-0003, it turned pink again, and it only took one drop of R-0871 to turn clear again (= 0.5 CC)... we think, no?

We have total faith in TFP. We just didn't expect to need quite this much chlorine and for it to take this long. We just did another read, we are at FC 9. Just ran to store to grab 8 more gallons of LC. We are now up to a total cost of $125 bucks. Question - can we use Cal Hypo at this stage...

we waited another 2 hours, the test seems to now be performing properly and its giving an FC of 4/cc of 0.5 we just added 3 more gallons of 12.5% to get back up to shock level of 24 we will do another test in an hour so far since beginning the slam this am we have administered a total of 8...

It looks the same as it has the past week. very cloudy. mostly in deep end. can see bottom well in shallow. deep barely. we got our cya down to 60 and started chlorine application. used 4 gallons 12.5%. then 1 hour later took FC which seemed to be at 17 we added 1 more gallon of bleach...

CYA is now at 70 so there has been some progress! We drained a bit more and are refilling now. Hoping for CYA closer to 50.

Test kit arrived YAY!! CYA is at 100. Partial drain complete, refill in progress today. Will evaluate cya when full. Stay tuned.... :-) Its still Janeen btw - my username changed when i switched my password grrr.

Thank you so much for the positivity. I returned all the products I had bought for the season to the pool store today, I felt so empowered :) I'll post back when we use our home test kit this week. We plan to begin the partial drain refill and slam this wknd. We are spending this week reading...

WOW!! Well that pretty much sums it up. NO MORE E3! Test kit is ordered due to arrive Tuesday. Will do a partial drain then slam. I'm sure i'll be asking a thousand questions to make sure i do this right. I used E3 bc the previous owner lead us to the pool management company they had been...

no kit yet we were researching them but we decided upon the TF 100 we are ordering it tmrw. i used the eclipse stain and scale sequestrate that comes along with eclipse 3 algaecide. i use it at open and close. the shock i use is tko non chlorine based shock. but i still mix it in a bucket of...

Nope, i did not buy anything from them LOL!! I at least go that part right ;) I really want to wait for our home kit before I start anything but I was also interested to see what the store would come up with bc all i was going on prior to this was the test strips. Ive been reading that if the...

Leslies results tonight (i know its not the home kit recommended but i don't have it yet figured get this in meanwhile). FC 1 TC 1 CH 180 CYA 80 TA 110 PH 7.4 COPPER 0 IRON 0 TDS 600 PHOSPHATES 200 Their suggestion is to lower phosphates below 100 with something that goes into the skimmer...

Ok I see what you mean, and your right, that's pretty much what it has done except for the dog haha! But the white inner material of my swim suits have turned green in past seasons.

If I have this algae that is causing a super demand for chlorine using any FC. up immediately, and if I have a cya on the high side around 90-100, why would I add more and more chlorine, couldn't I just add an algaecide to kill some off then continue to add chlorine as needed? I figure there is...

Thank you so much for the feedback. I have been considering the partial drain but am afraid of the liner damage it can cause coupled with it being 95 degrees here right now I have concerns, but seems it may be the best way to start the clean up as you stated. The SLAM process also suggest a...

16x38 inground vinyl liner approx. 20,500 gal, 3-6' deep hayward sand filter. I have 5 problems upon opening up this summer: water cloudy, worms, stains, blue debris, no chlorine reading. Abundance of worms present (see attached photos). Steps and Seat stained blue - the blue stains seem to...

Split from here My Husband and I are having this exact problem right now. We bought this house 3 years ago which came with an old dream pool (wood walls vinyl liner). Last July we tore out the old pool, it had collapsed on the deep end. We put a new steel wall liner pool in with all new...