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Ok thanks for letting us know before we made that grave mistake! I have added some of the test results for the last couple of days to Poolmath. Update on the pool water, it is blue and clear enough that I can make out my brush at the bottom now but definitely not clear. Please let me know if...

I have read it a few times lol! Just trying to figure this out. I don’t even know how much chlorine I’ve put in this pool over the last few weeks. I have subscribed to the pool math app so that you all can check out my logs to ensure I’m doing what I am supposed to. My husband is getting...

Retest after 2 hours FC: 14 CC: 1 Too much? I guess the sun will take care of the excess in the daytime tomorrow. At least there is chlorine. Is the CC too high? What can I do to lower it?

Ok thanks for the reassurance. I’m going to add 1 gallon, 2 quarts and 2 cups of chlorine right now. Should I retest in an hour?

Yes to all of the above! We still have to backwash every 2-3 days (before it was daily) so improvement I guess?? Pool held the chlorine from 1AM until the 3:30pm check. Now we are back to square 1 literally! FC: 1 ?

I’m sooo bummed ? Just when I thought I was getting somewhere!!! ??‍♀️ I just got back in after adding fresh water then vacuuming the pool to waste. I still retrieved about a half a skimmer basket of leaves (not dead old leaves though...but then again my landscaper was just here trimming the...

Hi again! So I have been “SLAMING” this pool and it is STILL cloudy ?. I really would like to at least be able to swim by the 4th of July if at all possible. Please help me figure out what to do next. I last added 128ox of 10% trade chlorine at 1:00 AM this morning. At 3:30 pm this afternoon...

Ok dumb question ?...How do I determine how much 20ppm of conditioner will be? Do I enter “20” as the goal/target value in pool math app?

So I have read and feel I understood the SLAM process and the ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry. I understand the intricate balance between CYA and chlorine. I was just feeling super nervous about adding my Liquid conditioner because I don’t want to increase the CYA level too much and then have to...

Moved from here. Hello! I am new to this forum and I am so thankful to have found you all! I am struggling with much the same issue!! Last summer was our first season with the pool and we had absolutely ZERO issues with it! Then winter came and we didn’t utilize the pool. So early this summer we...