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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...

Thank you for your advice! I've been busy for the past couple days but I have added bleach and kept the walls brushed. It's still improving. My iron level is 0.2 and Copper is 0.4. Current stats-- FC .02 Cc .08 TA-5 CH-5 CYA-74 I'll post a pic in a bit. :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Pretty sure all the 0s are right. My test kit, even though I know it's substandard was reading 0 also, and usually I get some reading of chlorine. I haven't added chlorine in 24 hours.

Hey!! Thank you for checking up on me! I went to a pool store and had my water tested while I wait for my test kit. Here's my readings: FC-0 CC-0 Ph-6.6 TA-0 CH-10 CYA-86 So, am I correct in thinking I need to replace some water first before I do anything else? What's my target CYA for starting...

Thank you swampwoman for your help and encouragment!! One more question, can I safely run my pump all night? I can only go about 2 hours without having to backwash. I am a little worried about running 8 hours with no backwash. I'm ordering a good test kit today so I can properly check these...

8 years possibly longer. - - - Updated - - - This is great! Thanks for the info. That is EXACTLY what my pool looked like when we started. You give me hope! - - - Updated - - - Here's what my pool looks like this morning, better, I think but still a long way to go. This is about where I got...

Thanks!! Feeling a little overwhelmed at first, but learning lots so far! :)

Thank you everyone for the suggestions. Tonight I vacuumed as long as I could, and scooped out a little more besides that. I think my biggest thing is just continuing to get all the debris out. My PSI is raising from 20 (normal clean reading) to 25 in about 1 hour or less depending on when I...

Thanks for the info. cj3737 Here's what I know...before I started adding chlorine this year my readings were all normal, according to my test kits, except for chlorine of course, which was 0. As of right this min. my chlorine reading is about 4. I'm backwashing my filter every 30 min to 1 hr...