Keep it up! Beat that ammonia into submission! Once you get ahead of it you will know.
Kim
Kim
As soon as the FC dips below 10, run all the tests.It looks like we have met two of the SLAM criteria (clear water and CC <0.5 ppm) and will do the OCLT tonight. If that passes, we are done with our SLAM after using 80+ gallons of 12% liquid chlorine to break through an overabundance of ammonia, etc. Is there any guide for coming off the SLAM: when to start testing the Alkalinity and pH (both are not registering at all right now), going over to maintenance doses of chlorine (when: morning or night? How to get to the right dosage?), etc. I've searched for this, but can't find it. Want to keep this water as good as possible so we NEVER have to go thru this again. Ever.
Thanks.
If that passes, we are done with our SLAM after using 80+ gallons of 12% liquid chlorine to break through an overabundance of ammonia, etc.
I took an alkalinity test and pH test when the FC was low yesterday, and it seems we have no alkalinity (vs 150 at start of SLAM) and no pH. Should I wait with further testing until the FC is consistently below 10 (after SLAM) or could these tests have been correct, in which case all our alkalinity and pH has disappeared? If so, why?