My SLAM Journey

[lynzizzle]

I thought I would record my journey on here. To prove to myself, and any newcomers, that it was and is possible. I will try to provide pictures daily if I can along with my chemical usage and readings. For a little background, property was purchase end of April 2014. Pool was black. Hired pool company to "fix" for me, $1000 later, no fix. New internal parts all around in filter and new pump in 2013. Pool went from black, to clear enough to see the bottom of the shallow end, to murky and NOW back to black, algae ridden cess pool. TF 100 Test Kit.

And so begins my journey:

6/18 @ 7:00 PM - Welcome back to the cess pool
PH: 8.2+ - Off the chart
TA: NA
CYA: 0-20 - No change
CH: 320
FC: 0
3 gallons bleach @ 8:30 PM

6/19 @ 7:00 AM - No Color Change
FC: 0
3 gallons bleach @ 9:00 AM

 

[lynzizzle]

Tested tonight at 9pm
FC 1
CC 3

Added 2.5 gallons 12% chlorine and retested an hour later.
FC 10
CC 3

 

[lynzizzle]

 

[lynzizzle]

Was out of town for most of today, and wasn't able to raise the chlorine that often.

Tests as of 8pm
FC 0

Added 2.5 gallons of chlorine
Added 6.5 pounds of CYA via the sock method

 

[lynzizzle]

Today's Results at 9am

Ph: 7.5
Ta: 320
Cya: 20 no change
Ch: 300
Fc: 5
TC: 7

Added 2 gallons 12%

 

[lynzizzle]

1:45pm test

Ph: 7.8
Ta: 330 - up 10 since this morning
Cya: still no change slightly cloudy tho
Ch: 250
FC: 9.5
Cc: 1.5
TC: 11

 

[lynzizzle]

A little cloudy but I can see the shallow end and the rim all the way around the pool

3:00 pm

FC: 11
CC: 2

TC: 13 yay!

 

[lynzizzle]

Got home last night from dinner TC plummeted to 1 over a 3 hour span

This mornings reading:

TC: 5

3 gallons of bleach in at 10:00
Have funeral today so 3 more gallons in at 11:45, will test when husband gets home around 3 if all goes well at auto shop if not testing will happen when I get home this evening ...


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[karmabiker]

Looks like you are getting the hang of it!

 

[aasbury]

Vaccum, vaccum, and vaccum. Try and keep all the organics out of the bottom of you pool. The frees the chlorine up to work on the water, not the goop in the bottom of your pool.

 

[lynzizzle]

I can't see the bottom of the deep end yet


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[lynzizzle]

This evenings reading @ 8:15 pm
TC: 15 FC: 14 CC: holding at 1 ... No chlorine added since 1145 this morning ... Today's pool pix:

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[Leebo]

I'm starting to see blue!!! Looking much better. Keep at it....and even though you hate it, brush and vacuum often. Even though it kicks up all the garbage, it helps in the long run.

 

[aasbury]

I can't see the bottom of the deep end yet


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Brush and/or vaccuum anyway!

 

[Casey]

You are making such progress! Keep at it!!!

 

[lynzizzle]

6/23 @ 6:15 a.m.

PH: 7.5 YES! - Down from 7.8
TA: 360 - Continuously rising
CYA: 50 YES! - Up from not registering at all (20)
CH: 250
FC: 14.5 - Holding steady - up .5
CC: .5 - Down .5
TC: 15

No chemicals added this morning

 

[Leebo]

What does the water look like? Is it clearing at all??

With your CYA now showing up, let's bump your Shock Level up some. Go ahead and start aiming for a 20ppm FC level.

 

[lynzizzle]

Dang it I'm not home ! I will tonight when I get home from work. Water is a little murky still bc I stirred everything up last night. But all in all still looks like it did yesterday. We could see into the deep about about 4 feet down. I couldn't take pix this morning as it wasn't quite daylight enough.

 

[Leebo]

 

[lynzizzle]

Side note: Do I need to keep adding CYA to keep the levels up or once I put the 6 lbs in am I good for a while? It's pretty much all dissolved.