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After I got my cya down to 65, I began the SLAM process. I added bleach to get the chlorine up to 24. After the first night, I only lost 1.5. During the day, I vacuumed, maintained the chlorine and backwashed. Last night, I had no drop in chlorine and the combined was between 0 and .5. The...

I am currently draining the pool so I can add water to dilute the cya. Thank you for all the advice and I promise I will stay away from the pool store. It makes so much more sense now. I couldn't figure out why we kept getting algae even though the FC never dropped down to less than 4. My...

I just tried the cya test again, diluting the pool water with tap water, and the result came out 75, but I'm supposed to multiply that times 2 making the cya level 150. :confused:

I am new to the forum, but I have been reading pool school for the last month. My Taylor kit k-2006 came in a couple days ago and I immediately tested the water. FC 10.6 ph 7.3 TA 110 CH 230 CYA 130 (I'm guessing bc it was past the last mark at 100). What!?!? The results seemed correct except...