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  1. sherryandnate

    Currently slamming. Suspect yellow algae.

    Thank you all for your help. SLAM ✅ OCLT ✅ MA SLAM ✅ All things that enter the pool were scrubbed and brushed and soaked and washed. ✅ Light niches cleaned ✅ I feel very confident thanks to all the advice here. Letting her come back down to normal FC levels today. Need to add some CYA and...
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    Currently slamming. Suspect yellow algae.

    I don’t think I can manage to do the drain covers. Maybe the spa ones. But definitely not the pool. I’m just gonna have to hope scrubbing the outside of them and high chlorine was good enough. Thank you. We did get the lights off and out to clean inside. It really wasn’t too bad at all in...
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    Currently slamming. Suspect yellow algae.

    I let the spa circulate for two hours last night after we scrubbed all the return nozzles and light niche. Then back to pool. Planning on doing the same today at the mustard algae slam level. Do you think 2 hours is long enough? Should I rotate more often between the spa and pool. Spa...
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    Currently slamming. Suspect yellow algae.

    SLAM - done. OCLT - done. Before I add the bleach to start the 2nd part of my SLAM for mustard algae Should I try bringing my PH down. My FC is sitting at 15. If I run a PH test will it be accurate at that level? My pool is notorious for needing muriatic acid. And with the pump running...
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    Currently slamming. Suspect yellow algae.

    Thank you all so much for the advice. Would it be frowned upon to bring my shock up to MA levels tonight (23.8 according to the chart) before I go to bed and let it run thru the night so that I can end my 24 hours tomorrow night? Or is it really important that I do the OCLT? I have stayed on...
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    Currently slamming. Suspect yellow algae.

    Get the free chlorine to the higher 24 hour mustard algae level? I am worried that is what I have. MA
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    Currently slamming. Suspect yellow algae.

    So keep the FC at 16 till after sun goes down tonight. (I gotta pop in it tonight after work to scrub the returns, lights and nooks and crannies down) Test. Run pool all night. Re test in morning before sun hits the water. Then if I want to be safe, do the MA levels? Incase that is what it...
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    Currently slamming. Suspect yellow algae.

    Been checking water every two hours and adding chlorine. Needing about 2 to 3 cups. Doing as the test results and app tells me. Keeping FC at 16 It’s hot and full sun today. Water still looking good. No combined chloramines .
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    Currently slamming. Suspect yellow algae.

    Ok. Gonna hold FC AT 16 and brush brush brush today. My water is crystal clear. I do not see any evidence of the puffy cloud of algae this morning. Walls and floor look good. The chlorine seemed to mostly hold overnight. (I say that becuse I didn’t test it after I added the 2 cups right...
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    Currently slamming. Suspect yellow algae.

    Thanks for the advice on the CYA. I will give it a try. I never listen to their advice. I buy salt and the random thing or two from them. For the first year I tried to keep it as close to what the plaster mfg wanted and I had to go weekly to have paper test reports. Incase anything went...
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    Currently slamming. Suspect yellow algae.

    Oh. Nevermind. I see what your saying now. Round up to 10’s. I struggle with the at home CYA test and mostly that is why I go to Leslie’s. When I need to buy supplies I let them run a test. And mostly ignore all their advice and do my own tests. I just want the cya number. And I have some...
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    Currently slamming. Suspect yellow algae.

    Hi. The pool math app says 14. If I change the cya to a different number the pool math changes the slam number automatically. So is the app not correct?
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    Currently slamming. Suspect yellow algae.

    Just added 2 cups of chlorine. It was at 13 and slam says I need 14.