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I appreciate all of the advice, and will follow it. It sounds like I made 2 major mistakes. 1) Initial SLAM not completed properly. (I think that I was "Pool Stored" with the Iron in the water reading) 2) I was not maintaining my chlorine levels above the prescribed minimum. I was trying not...

Yes, I am using the FAS-DPD Chlorine test kit. During the original SLAM I only passed 2 of the criteria, the water was cloudy, but it was due to Iron. Once I put metal remover in, the water cleared. My water is clear enough to read heads or tails on a quarter, but it has a very slight haze to...

I rescued my pool at the beginning of the year from an algae bloom that occurred right before closing, using the SLAM method. I have been using the TFP liquid chlorine method(10% HTH liquid chlorine) of maintaining my pool all summer. The sand in my filter is 2 years old. My water has been...

Thank you for the link to the post. If I am reading that correctly, it just states that I made an error testing my CYA level. That's fine if I did, but still leads me back to my original question. Can I measure and/or adjust CYA during the SLAM-ing process?

I've been following the instructions for SLAM-ing my pool since Friday 6/12. The pool has gone from swamp green color to an Aqua Blue. When I started the CYA was very high, close to 80 with Zero FC, I retested the CYA after adding much chlorine the last few days, and my CYA is now down below...