Recent content by bhood

Alright friends, Closing out this post with a success story. I met all three conditions of the SLAM success. I should rename this post CLOUDY to CLEAR :cool: My pool is crystal clear, as clear as it's been since I bought our home, overnight FC loss was 1, and CC was ZERO. I vacuumed the pool...

Thanks Tex! I definitely didn't want the CYA on the pool surface so I read somewhere to send it through the skimmer to the filter where it will naturally dissolve. I was planning on a backwash after 48 hours or so to get rid of any remaining that hadn't dissolved. If I don't need a backwash...

So, I woke up at 0600 this morning and tested water: FC 1.5 CC 2.0 TA 30 PH 7.2 CH 110 CYA 10 I brought the pool back up to shock level and headed to work. At 10:00 the FC 2, oldest son added the liquid chlorine to get us back to 16. I went home for lunch at 1300 and tested FC 6, CC 1.5. I...

Hi Dave, I went ahead and re-read the instructions just to be sure. I'm still getting zero. Pool water to the bottom of the label, reagent to the top of label. Shook, waited 30 sec, shook again and tested. still zero. Went ahead and began the slam process using the CYA level of 30 on the...

Thanks for the reply. I am using the TF-100. Strangest thing though, my CYA was at 40 for the past three weeks, really since I opened the pool. Today it is at ZERO. Never seen a drop before in CYA. It's at ZERO. Took another water sample and tested again. It's a ZERO. Can see the black...

Greetings, FC 5 CC .5 TA 130 PH 7.5 CYA 40 My pool was mildly cloudy after running pump for over a week straight. Used a little DE as a filter aid and pressure increased from 16 to 20. Overnight pool went completely clear. I thought I was home free. My Kids used the pool while I was at...