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Thanks. Will do. I brushed them down to the deep at 7 and they were starting to come back by 9.

Another Update: Came home last night to more brown spots in the pool (but the pool was very clear from running the DE all day): https://www.flickr.com/photos/125299640@N06/14603869076/ FC: 10 CC: .5 at the most I scrubbed the pool and got a few leaves out of the bottom. Backwashed. Added...

Here are 2 pool pics from this morning to go along with the photos above: https://www.flickr.com/photos/125299640@N06/14596387766/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/125299640@N06/14433000767/ Given the color of the water at the beginning of the week and how it looks now, is it safe to say that it...

Update: On Tue evening, I added DE to the filter and went through a few cycles of that, and let it run all day yesterday. Got quite a bit of rain on Wed, but came home and the water was very blue and the clarity was much better. I tested last night and the FC was 8.5, so I added a gallon of...

Definitely using-up old stuff. When I have tried to capture it before, it was too fine. I did feel some grit in it, though, like sand. Will see if I can take some pictures. Thanks!

Update: The water had worsened when I got home last night and I had more brown deposits. Initial Tests: FC: 3 CYA: 30 ph: 7.8 So, I added enough Lo N Slo to get pH down to 7.2 and added 3 gallons of 8.25% to get FC from 3 to 12. Re-Tested 3 hours later (I am low on R-0871, hence the late...

Also, I checked the main drain, as suggested above, by turning off the skimmer line and leaving the main drain on full. Water was still flowing, the pump stayed primed, and pressure only dropped from like 11 to 10 or so. Probably kept it like that for a minute or two without issue. As anxious...

It looks hard plumbed, the last time I looked at it. However, my deep end clarity is noticeably worse this morning. I bet it's another algae bloom. Will go ahead and do another SLAM. Uggh.

To remove multiport for deep clean, do you have to remove the plumbing from the port--I'd assume so and assume that the PVC screws off and should not be glued on? Haven't looked at mine or tried yet (I'm at work).

Starting to think I'm in denial on the fact that it's likely algae. Problem is that I'm super low on the FC test chemicals. How can I eliminate the deep-clean as being the issue? Should I sweep the shallow perfectly clean and then leave pump off all day? Should I go ahead and assume a SLAM...

Algae/Main Drain I had the SLAM Question/Confession post over the last 2 weeks. Started a SLAM on 6/23 after a vacation and "passed" the SLAM by the end of the week (the only lingering question being that the deep-end water wasn't perfect--it was clear, but not perfect, but I was continuing...

I am back to assuming a target of 12. I tested again at the end of the day and it was still 12 with 0 CC. I found more little brown spots this morning. Jumped in to see if I could scrape it up with my fingers, but it was too fine. I then took the leaf/water vac thing I have (the one with the...

Update: Last night at around 10pm (after a full day of swimming and blazing sun): FC: 8 CC: 0 pH: 7.5 The water is close to crystal clear, but not in the deep, so I assumed I haven't finished the SLAM. However, I thought the SLAM target was CYA*.40, so I figured 8 FC was okay, and didn't...

And this morning: FC: 9.5 CC: 0 Water is the same. At this point, could it be the other chemical readings in the water that are keeping it from sparkling? Again, it's a clear, pretty blue, just not crystal clear. Calcium, Alk, pH, etc? Except for ph, I haven't been testing those this week...

Update late tonight: FC: 9 CC: 0 CYA: 20 (eyes might be tricking me during this inside, under a lamp test, as I think I can still see an ever so feint outline of the black dot even at the 20 mark) I added about 1 hour of water earlier in the day. The family swam in the pool from 3 to 7...

Update This Morning: FC: 15 (I only put in enough late last night to get it to 12; second day waking up to more FC than expected; hopefully I'm doing the test right) CC: .5 pH: 7.5 I can see the drain and one of those diving stick toys in the deep, but the deep could be more clear. Some...

Thanks! Will do.

Update: I filled the pool way up and then vacuumed a good bit to waste (it almost got to bottom of skimmer). I then filled it back-up again. Waited an hour to test, as follows: FC: 11.5 (good bit of loss from all of the water replacement and sun?) CC: .5 CYA: 25 (if that is a valid reading...

The shallow is very clear and clean but every morning I see clumps of what I assume are dead algae. Kind if a brown color. I sweep it to the deep and the floor is clean. However, when I return in afternoon, I see the clumps again. It has a yellow/brown appearance. Rest of shallow is very...

How soon after a SLAM is it safe to swim? I think I remember reading on here that you can swim up to SLAM levels. Let's say that when I am done with the SLAM the FC is 20. Is that okay to swim in? Do I need to wait until it burns down to a certain FC before throwing the kids in?

Mostly indoor light this week but maybe one or two morning tests. Just took one in blazing sunlight to my back and it was still around 40. It gets very close for my eyes between 50 and 40, but the haze of the black dot doesn't truly disappear until 40. I did it multiple times too, with sun in...

Update: 12FC when I got home last night, so an 8FC drop. Added enough 8.25% to get it back to 20. Getting a little clearer and I can see the drain a little more. Not green anymore. This morning: FC 22 (so maybe last nights FC test of 12 was off?) pH: 7.8 I noticed patches of white...

Update: Put 2 jugs in last night to bring 16FC to 20. This morning: FC: 18 CC: 0 pH: 7.8 Backwashed too. Had not risen by more than 20% but it has been over 2 days since I've done it. Added 75oz of 8.25% and scrubbed the pool down. Skimmer way down so adding lots of water so I can vacuum...

What do you mean? I run the pump 24/7. Is that what you're asking?

Thanks. I was mainly testing it because I added 32 oz of trichlor bags on Sunday before adopting the BBB approach. I tested again tonight (before reading this) and got as follows: FC: 12 (?!) CC: 0 CYA: 40 pH: 7.5 Does that drop in FC since this morning seem strange given that it has been...

Good point. I was being a little hard on myself with the exactness. Should I wait until I can see the drain before I vaccuum? I'm nervous about vaccuuming because it seems like last time I did it, the pump lost its prime within 5 minutes and it was difficult to get it back. Thought I had...

As an update, the pool is looking better. Very blue (but sort of hazy) in the shallow, as I have swept all of the dead algae to the deep. The deep end is a mixture of blue/green (mostly blue)--I suspect that the main reason I am perceiving green in the deep is that there is so much dead...

How sensitive is the FC drop test to the speed of the drops and the motion on the swirling? I understand now why I hear such good things about the magnetic stirrer! Is there a particular area of the pool that is best for testing. I did my testing right where it goes from shallow to deep and...

I'm not even out of the woods on the SLAM yet, so this might be premature, but if you have a newbie like me who is anxious to switch exclusively to the TFPC approach but who also inherited 37 lbs of 3" trichlor pucks, what is the role, if any, of those pucks going forward? I don't want to waste...

Minimally. It got a few inches low and I brought it back up, and we had some rain yesterday. Not even close to the replacement % that I understand would be necessary to take it from 95 to 40-50. Hoping that the store test is just way off. For example, I did a 90 test on 5/25 and came back...