Recent content by jstav

Ran *many* iterations last night, *finally* saw a reading >5ppm on FC, and pool is clear this morning! Though a bit green, and without much FC today... but I'm on the right track, and starting the proper SLAM and I'll stick with it until it clears up and maintains its levels. Thanks again for...

Ok, thank you to you both. for the encouragement. I wasn't sure I was on the right track, but now I am re-committed to the process. I am gonna stick with the chlorine. Let's see if I can save these 20k gallons! I think it will work based on everything I've read here, and this time I will have a...

Thank you for the encouragement. The process felt endless and the drop to FC 1.0 was discouraging at the end of a long day. The pool does look clearer this morning. Ok, I won't run the ammonia test... that said is there any way to estimate how much more bleach I should pick up? It's 12.5%/gal...

No, the pool cover has been closed for the most part. I will open today. Thanks for advice on reading the FC test. I am sure of last night's CC reading, other than that, just a total noob doing my best and pouring chlorine down the figurative drain.

A few weeks ago when the pool was opened, CYA and (puck and liquid?) chlorine were added by the guy who started the pool, however subsequently both went to zero. It seems like something else is going on, as I am having a really hard time here. I can pick up and test for ammonia later today, I...

As I'm reading other threads about ammonia I want to add more info that before I thought was irrelevant, but now I'm not sure and since I'm brand new, I just want to offer all the info I have: 1- the pool had sat for 2 years (winterized) and it was unused and through two winters - this spring it...

Confirmed, I could still see the dot --- thanks for the welcome, looks like a great resource!

So my plan should be 1) 3.3 lbs (20ppm) dry stabilizer in sock hung near skimmer return 2) simultaneous SLAM start... based on what CYA level? I understand only that my CYA goal level long term is 70-80, I SLAM based on that level or based on ~30 (assuming I have some now that's not registering...

2nd reading (2 days ago) is from K-2006 kit. Thought this is new to me, I'm generally methodical and used this method (but not this test kit, the K-2006 as you said):

Prior to two weeks ago our (new to us) pool and chemistry was taken care of by someone else, and I'm trying to take over its maintenance. Details are in my signature. We had a party two weeks ago and subsequently the pool got cloudy. I took a sample into Leslie's 8 days ago and got the following...