Recent content by bjb4ohio

Slamming almost done, need help with dirt in pool. I just merged 5 of your threads. Please keep everything together so there is continuity to your story. Thanks, jblizzle. So 3 weeks later and I finally have clear water. Woohoo! CC=.5 I have not done the OCTL yet. I am still bringing it to...

Re: I can't seem to get rid of 1 CC. That is what I thought so it is 1 ppm. So should I keep going until clear or do another mustard algae shock? This just sucks, because I feel like I am making progress, but yet I am not.

Re: I can't seem to get rid of 1 CC. It is cloudy, but slowly clearing. I probably went to mustard algae shock level last Friday since we went out of town for the weekend. I threw 4 jugs of chlorine in and it was at least 8ppm at that time. Should I do it again or wait this out a bit further...

I can't seem to get rid of 1 CC. I am on Day 16 of slamming the pool. I went from a swamp to where it is very slowly clearing up. Tuesday, I could see the bottom of the ladder and my feet. Woohoo! It is holding FC pretty good as well. However, I am still getting 1 CC when I do my test. Why...

Day 6 with SLAMMING My FC is holding better, but I still have some CC. The water is a cloudy aqua. Results of this morning: FC=15 (I left it alone for the day, no chlorine add) CC=2 CYA=30 pH=7.2 I hit the pool hard Saturday and Sunday. We vacuumed it a few times each day. Unfortunately, we...

Re: Results as of this morning Today (Friday), my readings are: FC=3 and CC= 4.5. I had shocked it up to FC=17 last night. I brought it up to FC=15 this morning, as of my test at 9:30 EST, it is holding. I also added a puck to help bring up my cya a little and add some chlorine. My water is a...

You are giving me hope!! I am on Day 2 today and my FC is not staying up either, although my pool was an aqua color yesterday at a point, which showed a pile of leaves in the middle. Keep the updates/pictures coming. I don't know if you have a Meijers, but they have 4-1 gallon bottles of 10%...

Re: Results as of this morning Is 3-4 times a day adequate? At least for the next two days. I have only tested CC twice, since my pool isn't clear and isn't holding FC. I am glad the CC is going down at least.

Re: Results as of this morning This morning, 5/15, the pool wasn't quite as aqua colored as yesterday. Last night, before bed, I brought it up to 12 ppm FC. It rained through the night, which I think affected the FC. So this morning the FC was 1.5 (if I am reading it correctly). CC was down to...

Re: Results as of this morning That would make sense. CC=10 last time I checked it. I just added more chlorine. The pool is still gobbling up the chlorine. It is looking a lot better. At lunch, I could see the debris in the middle and it was aqua blue around. At least until I brushed it. Then...

Re: Results as of this morning I will show him. Yes, the water is green. Although it has turned a teal color as of this morning and foamy. I have FC testing question. Do you count the drops until it suddenly turns clear or do you give it a second or two to stir in and stay clear? The reason I...

Results as of this morning Last night, we added enough muriatic acid to get our pH down to 7.2 and TA to normal range, I forget the reading. Water actually seemed a bit clearer after this. I added bleach to get the FC up to 12. One hour later FC=2. :o Added more bleach to get it up to 12. One...

Thanks!!! We do run our pump 24/7, but I will get some stabilizer on my way home and start the process tonight. I will report back soon.

The pH didn't get too low. It was 7.8 after all I added. I should have listed that. Since it is 7.8, should I add more acid? I have extra FAS-DPD reagents left over from last summer that I ordered in late August. Thanks for the tip! Do you think it is possible to Slam tomorrow if I am able to...

We had a little winter cover issue in late fall. We got a bad wind storm that took our winter cover off of our pool, left the leaves in the pool and made it impossible for us to get it back on. So we are opening with a swampy pool. I mean, we had tree frogs living in it. I know this, because...