Recent content by KarltonKrill

Mknauss, kplaster and poolnewb2020 are correct and they know their stuff. To correctly monitor your SLAM you need to test for higher chlorine levels than the typical test kit provides. For example, here’s a thread on how I turned my pool from black to clear by SLAMming and monitoring chlorine...

Good tip ... I did close kind of early last fall ... my first ime closing the pool myself. I failed to monitor the the temp closely, but instead just picked a Saturday when I had time.

Thanks guys! Latest update .... things cleared up nicely after about 10 days. We had a solid week of overcast skies are periodic torrential rainfall, so I didn’t snap any pics. I guess the benefit of the lack of sunshine is my chlorine took its time drifting back down to normal range. This...

One week today. Been using 2 gallons of 12.5% daily, 1 in the morning and one in the evening. Vacuum once or twice daily depending on my availability to do so. Still a slight cloudiness but improving daily: I can see the drain in the deep end clearly, although there is still a slight cloudy...

Tuesday midday and I can see the pattern on the floor of the shallow end. The deep end is still pretty cloudy and turquoise but I can see the drain faintly, which I could not yesterday. Vacuumed over my lunch break and shot this pic. Brushed the pool and added one more gallon of 12.5% this...

So far I’ve used 10 gallons of “Pool Splash” brand 12.5% Liquid Chlorine which I picked up at my local home and garden store for $4 per gallon. I initially used 5 gallons Saturday evening, then 3 on Sunday, then 2 yesterday. Last night around 10pm I tested 24 and this morning at 7am I tested...

Sometimes it is fun to see how gross people’s Pools become over winter. Here’s some encouraging photos from my opening this past weekend. Opened the pool Saturday, April 20. Gross. Never had algae this bad. I assume two major contributing factors: A new pool cover that was not as dense of a...