FC: 8.5 ppm
CC: 5 ppm
My CC levels seem to rising and falling quite a bit. Is this normal?
CC: 5 ppm
My CC levels seem to rising and falling quite a bit. Is this normal?
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They will until you've killed most of the algae and burned up organic material. Then one pool starts to clear, CCs should stay 1 or below.
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We see many complaints about cleaning the system 3 cartridge filters, just wait until you see the cost of replacement cartridges.
Checked this morning:
FC: 10.5
CC: 2
Based on PoolMath, I brought the FC level up to 12 last night with bleach. It looks like it held pretty well overnight. Now I will hold the SLAM level and wait for the CC to come down and the pool to *hopefully* clear up!
The Sytem 3 filters aren't that bad to clean. I use a small electric pressure washer with a fan nozzle to spray the filters. Don't worry, the pressure is WAY dialed down, and is no more than a hose nozzle, just more spread out. In total, it takes me about 25-30 minutes to clean the filters. I'm just not sure what the middle antenna-type thing is for.
FC: 10.5
CC: 2
Based on PoolMath, I brought the FC level up to 12 last night with bleach. It looks like it held pretty well overnight. Now I will hold the SLAM level and wait for the CC to come down and the pool to *hopefully* clear up!
The Sytem 3 filters aren't that bad to clean. I use a small electric pressure washer with a fan nozzle to spray the filters. Don't worry, the pressure is WAY dialed down, and is no more than a hose nozzle, just more spread out. In total, it takes me about 25-30 minutes to clean the filters. I'm just not sure what the middle antenna-type thing is for.
Results from this afternoon:
FC: 2
CC: 8
And the see-saw battle continues...
My pump is a two-speed pump. When I am SLAMMING and running my pump 24/7, should I be running it on high or low speed? How do I know if the low speed is too low? My PSI at high speed is ~18 psi. At low speed, its ~3 psi.
FC: 2
CC: 8
And the see-saw battle continues...
My pump is a two-speed pump. When I am SLAMMING and running my pump 24/7, should I be running it on high or low speed? How do I know if the low speed is too low? My PSI at high speed is ~18 psi. At low speed, its ~3 psi.
Wow, added three gallons of bleach and checked after an 1.5 hrs
FC: 2
CC: 8.5
Something is eating up the chlorine!! Does this sound like ammonia?
FC: 2
CC: 8.5
Something is eating up the chlorine!! Does this sound like ammonia?
Yep. That's usually the only time you get CC that high. Check as often as every 30 minutes and burn it up.
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Another test:
FC: 3
CC: 10
WOW! This pool is chlorine hungry! The way my tests have gone, it's almost like I had to burn off the algae first before I could start burning off the ammonia.
FC: 3
CC: 10
WOW! This pool is chlorine hungry! The way my tests have gone, it's almost like I had to burn off the algae first before I could start burning off the ammonia.
A fairly inexpensive ammonia test from a pet store would satisfy your curiosity and consequently, mine. 
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Hmmm.... I will try to pick up an ammonia test today...
My results from this morning:
FC: 3
CC: 8.5
My results from this morning:
FC: 3
CC: 8.5
The pet store didn't have an ammonia test. I've now put 10 gallons of bleach into my pool today and it won't register more than a FC of 2. Is it normal for the delayed ammonia response? When I first started SLAMMING, I was getting FC in the 10-12 range.
I just got an ammonia test and got about 3 ppm. How much more chlorine is this going to take?!?!?!
Take this as very low quality information, but I think I remember somewhere around 8-10 ppm of FC required for each ppm of ammonia, so 25-30 ppm of chlorine. If I'm remembering correctly, that means you're getting close... other posters reported 4-8 ppm of ammonia on their first test, and that was after adding a fair amount of bleach already.
Resist the urge to add it all at once
Resist the urge to add it all at once
After 12 gallons of 10% today, I can finally claim victory over the ammonia!!!
FC: 9
CC: 1
FC: 9
CC: 1
Yes, I'm still slamming, just glad to be getting FC over 2. Its the small victories...
Wow WHAT A DIFFERENCE! I woke up this morning to a pool that I could actually see the design off the liner in the bottom! Thank you everyone for all the help! Continuing to SLAM until it completely clears! I think I'm up to around 40 gallons of bleach!
Heck yeah. Once you got through the ammonia, now the pool should start to clear. Keep brushing and stirring things up! 