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Just thought I'd follow up with a big thumbs up:party:! Two days, 6.5 gallons of 8.25 bleach, and a little less sleep later I've passed the OCLT, CC 0, and the water is sparkling! Thanks so much for the help! My next fun adventure - figure out why my bottom-hinged weird doors aren't floating...

Sorry about that, it's been a long few days - I subtracted instead of adding :P. I've added in the appropriate amount of muriatic acid and will retest in an hour, adjust if necessary, and resume SLAMing. Thanks everyone, I'll report back with progress and/or questions.

Ok, so I let the pool settle over the morning and just did a full retest. New numbers: FC 3.5 CC 0.5 TC 3 CH 275 TA 90 CYA 40 PH 7.8 Should I go ahead and drop my pH down to 7.2 then resume the SLAM? The water is actually quite clear this afternoon, but I know I want to keep it at SLAM until I...

Should I even attempt to add muriatic acid now, or wait till my FC drops down to normal levels and retest, work the pH level to the appropriate range, then restart the SLAM?

Sorry about that, my pH is 8.2, tested before SLAM began.

Hi TFP'ers! First off, thanks so much for the wealth of information on this site. I went from understanding nothing to having a pretty good idea on how to manage things on my own in a week! I'm a first time pool owner, rennovating a house that was vacant for > 6 months. The pool was eating...