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We did just that this weekend and it went great! The fun part comes when his pool guy shows up Tuesday and he sends him on his way. I won't even tell you what this guy was getting paid to grow algae!

Just wanted to apologize for the lack of info...I know better than that. Was just in a hurry. As it turns out, CH was not as low as I thought (must've been some erroneous test results) - it was at 180, so I proceeded to SLAM and will adjust later if needed. BTW, here is what I was working...

I need to SLAM my friends pool to get rid of algae (CYA had climbed too high due to tablet use), but the hardness is also very low. Should I adjust hardness first, or go ahead and SLAM?

I've been maintaining my pool beautifully all summer, thanks to TFP. So now I guess I'm qualified to help my friend get out of a jam that her "professional" pool guy has gotten her into. I went with my Taylor K-2006 kit to check things out, and found her 25,000 gallon plaster pool with green...

Oops, I gave the wrong test kit. I did get the Taylor Kit with the FAS-DPD test, and like it sooooo much better. Thanks for reassuring me that I'm not harming my pool with bleach. That is exactly how I apply it - right in front of the return in slow stream.

I have been consulting this site since we reopened an old gunite pool that came with our house earlier this summer. At the beginning of the summer I was equipped with tablets and cal hypo, so I used that pretty successfully but stopped when my stabilizer reached about 50 ppm. Since then I have...