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Updated numbers... FC: 3 CC: 1 PH 7.8 TA - 80 CH: 270 CYA: 30

No surprise CC's are still 1 - 1.5. Still dropping 8+ppm FC during the day. Resumed SLAM. Pulled the lights. And the spa jets. They all look clear and clean but plan to leave them out until this is over... if it ever is. Been 4 more days still no change. Losing 0-1ppm overnight (except...

Re: Stumped - Never ending SLAM, Dropping CYA? FC 14 CC 1 PH7.6 (taken at FC = 9 3 days ago right before I shot it back up to 12 again...) TA 70 CH 250 CYA 30 Filter pressure steady at 16. Running 24 hours a day on HIGH. OCLT test from last night: @ 8:45pm FC = 28 drops = 14 @ 5:45 am FC =...

Re: Stumped - Never ending SLAM, Dropping CYA? It may have just been scum, as the scrub and soak don't seem to have made much a difference. Still seeing a FC loss of 8ppm+ through the cloudy and rainy day today. HEB is where I buy my bleach. It's actually $2.64 here. :) Pool stores were...

Re: Stumped - Never ending SLAM, Dropping CYA? And I think we've finally found the source of the problem! Halaluijah! Found a nasty light brown ring in the top inch below the waterline of both of the skimmers and behind the doors. YUCK! Brushed the snot out of it and poured some bleach...

Re: Stumped - Never ending SLAM, Dropping CYA? No ladders. Lights are all LED. Pool has to be drained to pull them out. Haven't tried brushing the skimmers. I'll give that a try after this storm blows through.

Long story short - I procrastinated too long and let the FC in the pool hit .5. Water was still blue, just a TINY bit cloudy. Started the SLAM. Been at it for 6 days. I have slammed twice before (once with VISIBLE algae) and it's never taken more than 2-3 days to successfully finish the...

In the event you see this again, the blue to yellow is the result of testing with really high FC numbers. It's the color change that matters, not necessarily what colors from what I read in the same situation a while back.

Finally broke down and started through my overflowing stack of mail. Found a TexSun flyer for "Sizzing Summer Savings" valid Aug 28 - Sept 10 - DE, Acid, and Salt on sale. Salt reg. 12.80 on sale for 6.99 We are chlorine only, so no idea if that's a good deal or not, but thought I'd mention...

I am up in Spring (NW Houston) and I finally decided to go through my giant overflow stack of mail... Found a flyer from TexSun for Sizzling Summer Savings. Salt is on sale (reg 12.80 - sale 6.99). We are chlorine not salt, so I have no idea if that's a good deal or not, but seemed fortituous. :)

I have the heebie-jeebies just thinking about it. I KNOW it's psychological, but I'd pull the pool up to SLAM FC levels and stay out of it for a day or two. May not do anything for the pool, but it would make ME feel better. :) I'd probably also have to get a new net or whatever I fished it...

When all you can do is sit at home with nothing on tv except incredibly depressing 24/7 news coverage it's nice to have something to DO. :) We were socked in for 6 days. I didn't realize how much I missed the outside world until I ventured out to HEB (1/2 mile away - LOL!) They had a total...

Nice to see my numbers are in line with everyone else. I was shocked at how much some things dropped (like TA, CH & CYA!), but even more stunned that I still had FC after that long. Though the 5 completely sunless day probably did help! Before Harvey: (Thurs 8/24) FC: 12 CC: 0 pH: 7.7 TA: 60...

Fingers crossed that it won't be as bad as you think! We are in the NW Houston area and we did nothing to prepare for Harvey (other than a little extra bleach (4ppm) as an afterthought). Didn't drain any water; don't have a cover. Have 1/2 acre of trees around it including a red maple and...

The 121oz. generic HEB brand I buy is 8.25% for $2.94. Same price & % as the no name brand at Walmart as well. It's works great. Just check the Julian dates. We must have several TFPers in the area as they sell massive amounts of bleach all the time, but aren't great stockers as we often...