Recent content by cflo

Ha, I appreciate the advice! I suppose I should be glad I don't seem too bad of an active algae issue. I haven't passed the OCLT yet, but it's been only a small amount each morning. Hopefully the pool is clear before summer is over!

I've seen several cloudy water posts here, and here's one more 😅 Opened a bit later than I should have - roughly a week ago. This is my first time opening (and closing) a pool, so while closed I only had a large blue tarp over it to collect leaves and left the pump running at low speed all...

Ah, my mistake on mentioning copper - I did mean iron stains. I think I may have read something about copper this morning which had it on my mind. The longevity is definitely great to hear. I had issues with water-line calcium scale after my initial SLAM, but have been keeping a close eye on PH...

Hi all, first of all huge thanks to this forum. I was introduced into the pool world through a house purchase this year, and went from "not great" initial shape, to the green algae ridden wasteland, and then SLAM'd my way to clear water and a sense of pride knowing I've (mostly) got a handle on...

Nice, that's good to hear! Thanks for the info @RonsPlc

Hi all, new to TFP and on day 4 of my first SLAM. I bought a TF-100 kit from tftestkits to keep up with the chemistry, and it's been working pretty well so far (assuming I'm measuring everything correctly). My R0870 powder is a question though, probably 2/3 of it is like solidified rock - it...