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Update on vacation results: Thanks to all the wonderful help and info on this forum, we came home Saturday night to a pool with clear water, YAY!! (And yes, the first thing I did was run to the pool to check on it!!) Quite a bit of dirt and whatnot on the bottom, but the robot is taking care...

Thanks for the reply, chem geek! Just keeping the algae at bay is my primary goal. Don't have a cover, but do know my FC loss on a partly cloudy/more sun than cloud day is around 4.8 for the 12-13 hours the pool is in full sun. I haven't had a chance to try out floaters yet, so will be...

Think I'm posting in the correct section. Slightly different vacation question. Have read just about all the vacation threads here and had a plan for pump on timer with trichlor pucks in floaters. CYA is under 30 so figured that would be fine. Wrench in plan: Sand filter decided to crack...

Ok, checking back in after 9 days of SLAMing (including two days over the weekend I let FC down far enough to swim for an hour). Numbers last nite right after sunset: FC 9.5 CC 0.5 This morning before sun hit pool: FC 9 CC 0.5 Yesterday afternoon water had a nice sparkle to it and still...

Sounds like a plan. Will check back in when all three tests are passed or if I have another question. Thanks again!

The steps are not in the pool now and haven't been since I started SLAMing the pool. They've been out of the pool since July 1st. Didn't think to put them back in before I started the SLAM so I wouldn't be possibly introducing algae back into the pool now when I put them back in. I suppose...

Oops. CH 4 CYA <30, guessing around 25 (top of tube plus a little rounded test solution at top) Been shocking to FC 12-13 with the usual ups and downs. Brushing every day, gave filter a good backwash and vacuumed little bit of dirt out early evening on Monday. Pool was finally clear at that...

Started SLAM on Sunday morning. Numbers were: FC 1 TC 3 CC 2 PH 7.7 (color closer to 7.8 than 7.5) TA 120

Thanks, gentlemen, for the help and input! Appreciated! Since draining a large amount of water where I live doesn't appear to be a good option, I was figuring I'd do a couple smaller drains. Water is staying blue but cloudy. CC is down to around 1 with the Taylor kit , so far pH staying...

Just tested it, 160

Hello, all! Hubby and I inherited pool with new house back in October. Pool was already winterized by previous owner at walk-through, was sparkling clear when we put in offer. By leftover chemicals, he was using Sustain system. Took cover off in middle of June (Hubby repairing deck and...