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Do you think that high (SLAM) FC level has any effect and could cause the OCLT to not be as accurate? The kids didn’t do any swimming. In fact no one has swam in it since Saturday since I’ve been keeping it very consistently at SLAM level and even on Saturday there was very little swimming being...

Well thanks. I’m glad to hear that 😉☺️ So my OCLT was about 1. I would’ve liked it to be less. Should I be concerned at all about that? I’ll check it again when I get back from my little trip. Do you think I should keep my FC at the higher end of range?

Right but then again those 5 foot pools have more manual circulation because swimmers are walking around the entire thing whereas obviously no one is walking in my deep end or even swimming anywhere near the bottom…I thought maybe it made a difference. Seems to make sense in my mind 🤷🏻‍♀️😆

Yes you’re right. I was only testing the FC every other day and when I would test it was def on the low end or even under. I will be sure to test every night as to avoid this whole situation. It’s so true that a few minutes a day can really save hours of work and headache. Hey while I have...

Great. Thanks so much for your help!! How long after FC goes down would I tend to see the algae again if it is actually mustard?

Oh wow. I NEVER do my chlorine testing that slow 😬😳 I will start to now though lol. Thanks!! So today I’m having a few friends over and of course we want to use the pool so I was thinking to add more chlorine now to get back to SLAM level (it’s currently 15.5) and then let the chlorine lower...

Hi there!! No I do not have any farms nearby. I was thinking the same about the pollen but was just hoping that it wasn’t mustard algae 😫 lol. I performed an OCLT a few days ago to check for the same and the result was .5 loss. Just to play safe i started SLAMing the pool yesterday anyway and I...

When I brush it it makes a little cloud of greenish color. So what do I need to do if it’s dead algae? Does that mean it won’t spread? Does that still require SLAMing to get rid of it?

I know there are several other posts about this but after reading them all I still just can’t tell if what I have is mustard algae or simply pollen or dirt/sand. Here’s my current test results: TC: CC: PH: TA: CYA CH: (been told that for my vinyl liner that this doesn’t matter) The water is...