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Thanks all! I appreciate the help.

I am testing my pool water today and it is acting very differently from ever before. Please help! 5/27/17 readings Free/Combined Chlorine = no reading, gray sample, 4-5 dippers did not turn it pink. Can R-0870 powder go bad? Very odd, has never happened before. pH = yellow, way below 7.0 mark...

I am just curious for future years if it would be wiser to drain halfway a murky, green pool at start up than to try to clean up the water that is in there? It takes so long to clean a frog pond and I still wonder even for this year if it would clear any quicker if I drain it halfway now. I have...

Thanks, yes I am using 12% liquid shock. Good to know that CC will fluctuate. Do I even need to test for CC if my water is not clear? I was hoping the DE would speed up the filtering process and clear it quicker. The water has lightened from dark green to sea green and sometimes looks bluish...

So do I add shock in the morning when it is still at shock level but the CC is at 2? The pool is sea green cloudy and I don't see a visible change each day. I am brushing every day and vacuumed this morning. I want this process to go faster but it just doesn't when it gets to be a frog pond in...

Oh okay thanks. That's definitely not what I want. - - - Updated - - - No I have not needed to backwash as frequently without DE.

I am still trying to clear my murky green pool SLAMing since 5/11 and am to the stage where I am not seeing much change day to day. It is still cloudy sea green looking somewhat blue around the edges so I have started adding DE to the skimmer basket. I backwash after a few hours but am wondering...

I was going to post a pic yesterday but couldn't figure out how to do it. (Sorry, no techno smarts.) Every year before this one I have used a copper algaecide in the pool. Does it need that as well? And what are skimmer socks?

SLAMing since 5/11 from a slimey green pool to now it is cloudy blue. It has seemed to be cloudy blue for a few days now and still SLAming. What else should I do? CC is at .5, passed the overnight FC loss test, it is just not clear. Sure curious as to what else needs to happen. Brushing and...

Started SLAMing on last Monday, 5/11. Have been diligent (at least 3 times a day) to keep FC at 12 with a CYA of 30. PH is at 7.4. Has gone from dark slimy green to light brownish green to light green to sea green to blueish but seems to have stopped "improving" in color and can still not see...

I started using TFP last summer and was thrilled with how easy it is and glad to feel like I have control of my pool not the pool place. Scooped leaves way in to the fall and it was pretty clean on the bottom. It was clear till probably about Feb. or March. No pool cover on for winter. Piedmont...

Does anyone have recommendations for pool covers/installers for anchoring in concrete in NC? We have tried water bags and find them useless. May be selling the house so want the pool to stay extra clean this winter and not be a frog pond in the spring. Thanks in advance.

What application does the recirculate slot have on my multiport valve for the pool sand filter? Haven't ever used it and wondered what its purpose is. Thanks.

Okay thanks. I will try the Green Works first.

Thanks so much for the visual. Mine looks like that except for the ON OFF trippers and the other 2 little silver tabs at the top left that are unlabelled. My switch does not have those. Now what? 4-6 hours? Wow! We have run ours 24/7 all summer long for 18 years. Guess we could save some...

Unbelievably, after 18 years of living here with this pool in the backyard, I believe that we have a timing mechanism on the pool pump. Don't have any clue how to use it and no instruction manuals handy. It looks like an Intermatic Mechanical Switch, based on the visual pool equipment...

Wondering what is the best thing to clean the light, scaly, film off of the exposed part of the vinyl pool liner with (the part that stays dry)? I have some pool store stuff called "Off The Wall". Is that okay or is there a home remedy for this too?

I think I am through SLAMing since last Wednesday. Current levels are: FC = 1.5 ppm CC = .5 ppm pH = 7.2 TA = 70 CYA = 40 Will do an FC overnight loss test tonight to be sure but believe it will pass (thanks TFTestKits for the quick delivery of more reagents!). Pool is very clear all the way...

So is TFTestskits a physical store in Creedmoor, NC or only an online store? I could drive there faster than waiting on the mail--even though I now have them on order. It would be good to know for next time. Thanks again

jbizzle--I sure thought I had seen the Taylor K-2006 highly recommended on here as THE test kit to have no matter what. Disappointed, of course, to realize now the TF-100 is THE kit to have. I also thought the OTO kit was preferred some times but that doesn't really seem to be the case by the...

I got the Taylor K-2006 Complete and the K-1000 Basic. After SLAMing for the last week, I am out of the R-0871 titrating reagent for the FAS-DPD chlorine test. Where is the best place to get refills? Is it only available online? Also the Cyaneuric Acid reagent also. But what application does...

I am confused about how best to use the DE for my sand filter. I am currently SLAMing the pool since Wednesday. It is not totally clear yet but I have not needed to add any chlorine today because added fill water to pool which brought the CYA back down to around 32. FC was at 14.0 most recently...

Good. I will keep doing what I've been doing then and thanks so much for the affirmation.

Okay, Casey, my CYA level was at 50 when I started so I don't guess that has changed. Did not check it today. Richard320, I have definitely backwashed before each SLAM and before each cup of DE. My "clean" filter pressure is at 10% and I backwash at around 13-15%. Is there a point I should stop...

I started SLAMing Wednesday evening. Just curious if these numbers look normal and am I doing this right? It continues to clear more and more and I think the DE has been a big help. Any idea how many more days it may be? My FC #s after SLAMing to a 20FC shock level each time have been...

I am very new here and don't know much but I suggest the SLAM process. Read about it in Pool School. Use liquid chlorine shock or bleach. Check the Chlorine/CYA chart to know how much to put in and use Pool Math to figure your specific amounts. I had trouble with the CYA test also today. You...

I am SLAMing today. Just got back from the store with DE to add to my sand filter I put in shock level liquid chlorine first. Then added 1/4 cup of DE as recommended here, not the 1 cup suggested on the side of the box. Pressure gage before 1/4 cup of DE: 10 PSI Pressure gage after 1/4 cup of...

Okay good. Thanks!

Is there pool DE for filters at Lowe's or Home Depot? What kind of cost should I expect and in what quantities? I won't need much to add to my sand filter for SLAMing, right? Will I use it regularly? Backwash before or after adding DE while SLAMing?

Okay, I'll keep trying. I got 30 yesterday on the first try and 45-50 this am early. Thought adding water yesterday evening affected it, but should have lowered it. 2nd suggestion I have had to pour sample back in and try again. I will do that next time I test it to be sure.