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Thanks for all the help, everyone. The FAS-DPD kit should be here in a few days and I'll redo the SLAM process then. When the pool passes the OCLT test the chlorine will still be at shock level, right? How do I bring it down, or will time and sun do that for me? Lastly, is there a good online...

CYA is somewhere a little less than 30, the lowest measurement mark on the test tube I have. The earlier TC measurement where I got a reading of 10 was done with a test strip. I measured it again with the DPD test and got FC=6. Averaging the shock levels for CYA 20 and 30 on the chart gives 11...

Thanks for the quick reply. I've got the Leslie's DPD kit. I guess I assumed that DPD = FAS-DPD. As Homer Simpson would put it, "Doh!" I just ordered the Taylor FAS-DPD kit from Amazon. From reading about the FAS-DPD test it appears that one big advantage is that I won't have to rely on judging...

Hi. We bought a house six weeks ago that has an above ground 10,500 gallon pool with a Hayward sand filter and pump. The pool had been covered and unused for at least a year, maybe longer. Not knowing anything about pools, we hired a pool service company to open it. They took the cover off, gave...