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Thanks. I appreciate the help.

I've been working to keep the chlorine level up as part of the slamming process. Any idea how long this should take? The pool is sky blue with a white haze to it. The CYA has been at 60 so I've kept the Chlorine at 24 as per the Chlorine/CYA Chart. Just curious if I'm looking at a few more days...

I'm sure there was some variation in the way I tested it but I will have the opportunity to test it again in about 2 hours. I'll test it as you've suggested. - - - Updated - - - If the CYA is higher, say 60, would I need to add bleach to get the FC back up to 24? If the level is at 45 would I...

So I need a little more guidance. I ran the OCLT and my FC dropped from 7.5 to 5.5 and the CYA was at 60. I added the recommended amount of liquid chlorine (bleach) to the pool to get it to the shock level of 24 per the Chlorine/CYA Chart. I just now checked the levels and the FC is at 22.5 and...

Thanks for the input. I plan to do the OCLT tonight. This raises two questions for me. 1. Do I need to just test the FC or do I need to test everything else? 2. What do I do if I do lose more than 1 ppm of FC? (Although the water is blue with a white cloudy tint I'm guessing it is algae. The...

I recently purchased a house with an IG pool. After getting rid of the algae from the previous owner, the water is still cloudy and I'm having a hard time keeping my FC level up. I've tested the water and the levels are below. I replaced the pump motor due to it going out on me. I'm not sure if...