First timer, just opened pool and put in chemicals, need help. Water is green

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The pool is still green but getting clearer.

These are my numbers after getting home from work:

FC 3.0
CC 1.0
TC 4.0
pH 7.3
CYA 20.0
TA 70.0

Why did my TA drop so much? Is it because I'm SLAMing? Do I need to add baking soda to get it up to 100?
 
When you added acid it lowered pH and TA as well. That actually seems like a lot, but trust your testing.

More important than anything right now is to keep your FC at SLAM level as much as possible.
 
Mr Bruce said:
When you added acid it lowered pH and TA as well. That actually seems like a lot, but trust your testing.

More important than anything right now is to keep your FC at SLAM level as much as possible.
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So I don't need to put in baking soda to get it up while slamming?

For Chlorine, can I put in way more than SLAM level at night so that by the time I get home from work, it's still at SLAM level?
 
FC is really the only thing you should worry about and work on during a SLAM. TA will be the last thing you work on after the SLAM.

Now you know your "clean" pressure. When it gets 25% over you will need to clean again OR if the returns are weak.

Kim:cat:
 
Thanks, FC jumped from 6 to 17.5 after adding 128oz of 10% bleach. I thought my pool was about 14,000 gallons, but pool math says that if it jumped from 6 to 17.5, then my pool is 8700 gallons. I guess I need to keep testing to see what my actual pool size is.

I measured about 31ftx15ft with pool depth between 3ft-5ft. It's not a rectangular pool though; it's odd shaped.
 
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