Recent content by Jeffnhelen

With all that aside, I don’t think I have noticed this being advised, but maybe we should suggest to verify CYA levels again if only the OCLT test is failing out of the three SLAM tests. I believe the CYA “black dot” test is very picky and difficult to determine exactness compared to a...

Well decided to conduct an experiment to see if I could replicate the scenario after some things were known to be true. One truth is my pool is no longer “fighting” anything. I passed the OCLT two nights in a row. Another is my CYA is now down to 50 after I refilled the drained water. PH is...

Will do. Read in another thread about FC/CYA ratio that anything over the SLAM amount you end up with loss to UV (not my case for OCLT) or self-extinction. Is “self-extinction” potentially a good reason for why I kept losing the same amount both nights? Post in thread 'CYA/FC Relationship...

So I tested my CYA again as I’ve drained off a couple inches just to see where I’m at…tested around 70 now. Made sure to test it twice. We had a couple rain events, but don’t see it dropping CYA that much from little bit of overflow or my pool full schedule since the 28th. Either way, it has...

Correct, I’m going to replace my high CYA water with tap water. Thanks for the tip on the weir foam; didn’t think about that one either. On the “High FC and algae” response…are you saying I’m dropping that much overnight partly because my FC is so high? Should I run the OCLT starting at a...

Think I will take your suggestion and run with it since I’ve been SLAMing for two full days now and spent $100 on bleach already. Should I be circulating the water through water features also? I took the eyes off my bubblers and didn’t see anything in the plumbing since they are in close...

I wonder if that is why I’m at 0 CC and the water is crystal clear, but I’m still failing the overnight test. I’ve been checking and adding bleach every 1-2hrs, 4hrs at the most to keep FC high, but still losing 5-7ppm overnight. I’m assuming it doesn’t matter how high the FC is, if you lose...

Thank you guys! Guess I never put two and two together that the indicators for successful removal of contaminants would also be an indicator of their presence 🤦🏼‍♂️ Also wish I would have not just bumped up my CYA for the season. Sitting at 90 right now even though my last addition should have...

One last thing I wanted to ask…is it normal to have a FAS test come back with 0 CC with this amount of algae?

Good deal…thank you!

So it will be ok that it’s getting sucked into the filter to stay until I clean it out again at the end of the swim season or even start of next season? I’ve only been doing it once/year since gets light use and have a robot vacuum.

TLDR; Do I need to extract the algae so it doesn’t spread or get in the filter or do I just start with a SLAM? I noticed my SWG not keeping up with my chlorine needs lately, however, I didn’t see any clear results of a CC test indicating an issue, so figured it might need descaling. Got on...

:) True! But, two of them I removed from the monstrosity that the pool builder made of my plumbing and were my attempt at removing glued pipes, so they have seen better days and not something I would feel comfortable selling. If I use one of the new ones to repair my broken one like Newdude is...