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Thank you

I did the slam protocol for several days already- and it did get rid of the combined chlorine I had present! I have to slam until it’s clear? Kids want to swim! I’ve never had this hard of a time. Thank you!

I had a green pool at opening, shocked it, turned milky. Followed SLAM guidelines. Cya- 30 Chlorine 8 CC- 0 Alkalinity - 70 Ph- 7.6 I tested this with my Taylor kit. I took a sample to pool store to see why it’s still cloudy. Calcium hardness- 39 ( I don’t balance this) Phosphate- 233 ...

Started SLAM. I added CYA last night and today it looks just below 30, should I wait till tmrw to add more? Free chlorine was 8.5 Cc was 2.5 Ph was 7.2 I added 2 gallons of shock and today Free chlorine is 13. CC is 0 Oh is now 8.2 (not accurate right? Should I expect this to go back down...

Thanks- we poured 2 gallons of shock and let it run overnight- today it’s blue but cloudy- I do need to vacuum it again Test kit results PH 7.2 Chlorine- 6.5 Cya- 20

We dropped the ball. We took the cover off to early and it took much longer than expected to get the pool filled high enough to run. In that time, the pool turned green! It’s running now, how many gallons of shock would you start off with?! Thanks

Yes- I’ll be covering it today hopefully It’s always been clear when I close it, just throwing in two gallons liquid shock, and always clear come spring. So just wasn’t sure what to make of this! I didn’t check CYA

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Will the swamp ruin the liner?

My husband decided to start lowering the water, to make for a quicker close when we were ready. Well, he forgot and the water went below the return. We have been away, and busy and it’s been neglected. I want to close it this weekend, and it’s very green. Better to close it and deal with it come...

I appreciate all your help- and going forward will trust my test results!

Ok! Thanks everyone- I just tested the CC with my kit- getting a 0.2 CC level Chlorine is 8.5 CYA is 40 Pool is clear. Guess I’m done for tonight! :) Thanks!

Yes- pool store results when I want to test CYA- I use liquid chlorine to shock the pool

Do I need to wait a certain amount of time after adding liquid cya to add Shock?