Recent content by Mr. Muriaticacid

Great news! I passed the OCLT! Zero chlorine loss overnight. I’m going to maintain SLAM for one more day, just in case. Thanks to all who have helped me, not only with my current problem but every problem over the years. This site is simply amazing and it has saved me countless time and money...

lol, thanks man, you’re the best!!

Due to the high chlorine I diluted the test sample 1:1 with distilled water which would give me a CL of around 15ppm. This might still be too high to be accurate. But let’s just say that it’s close. How long can my CSI stay like that before my plaster starts to suffer?

Just one more thing to deal with but I get your point. Since I’m already at SLAM it’s easier to maintain it than to start over. We’re not swimming yet anyways. It was pretty mucky, worst I’ve seen. I’ll close the main drain and try to get the vacuum hose down there and work it really good...

After approximately 6” of rain over the last 2 days I was able to maintain SLAM level reasonably well. I am definitely using less chlorine but my OCLT showed a loss of 3ppm CL this morning. As bad as I want to believe that my algae is gone I know that unless my OCLT is 1 or less that I’m not...

Thanks Lake Placid, you’re right about my over reacting. I didn’t think this through logically. For the last 10 years upon opening I would bring the chlorine to 10ppm and things would be good. I’ve never opened to this much algae and I went about it the wrong way. I appreciate all of the...

I’m not worried about the CYA except as it relates to a SLAM. When doing a SLAM you would like the CYA to be around 30 so you can use less chlorine. Since my pool has a SWG I typically shoot for around 80 CYA normally.

You mean that even though the rain is diluting the pool water I just need to keep it at 28 or higher? How will I know if I pass the OCLT if the rain is diluting the water? Should I wait for a rainless night for the OCLT? I just checked and the CL is at 44, the same as it was over 2 hours ago...

Thanks ajw, do you think it’s possible to do this with all the rain we have coming?

Unfortunately, I had to close my pool early last year and open late. Just the opposite of what is recommended. Needless to say, when I opened this past Thursday 4/25/24 it was a swamp. I had zero chlorine, and zero CYA and pH was very high. A half gallon of MA and my pH was 7.6. I next brought...

I agree wholeheartedly but I wasn’t aware of what “they” put in in my pool. Being it was the weekend and being unreachable because they like their time off too, I felt like I needed chlorine in there since the last thing I wanted was algae with new plaster. As of now things appear to be normal...

Sorry, meant to say 0.0 and 0.3

Alright, here is what I have learned from the pool guy who came by today for the 2nd and final cleaning/adjustments. The Orenda System is somewhat different from what we do at TFP. The reason I couldn’t get a chlorine reading even after adding almost 5 gallons of liquid chlorine is because of...

Thank you, much appreciated! This really is a wonderful site with lots of great people willing to help others and I’m grateful for the help I’ve gotten recently as well as in the past. I’ll post again if anything changes.