Hi everyone - I have a 20x40' vinyl in-ground pool that was neglected for years before we bought this house. Opened up on May 1 and it was completely black...see horrendous "before."
Didn't find this community until a couple weeks ago and we've been religiously SLAMming ever since - after we replaced the pump with a new Pentair SuperFlo VS 1.5HP. Bought and have been using the T100 test kit. This evening our FC is 8.5, CC is 0.5, pH is 7.2, TA 130, and CYA undetectable / 0. Tem is ~76. Water is crystal clear in the shallow end and just shy of crystal in the diving well. I'm still vacuuming what I assume are dead algae spots but they're getting smaller and fewer every day....just dead stuff that settled in the seams today.
Pool Math says we need 13 lb of granular stabilizer to raise CYA....obviously that won't dissolve in a sock! I *think* we're done with SLAM but wanted to ask! What next steps should we take? Thanks in advance!
Didn't find this community until a couple weeks ago and we've been religiously SLAMming ever since - after we replaced the pump with a new Pentair SuperFlo VS 1.5HP. Bought and have been using the T100 test kit. This evening our FC is 8.5, CC is 0.5, pH is 7.2, TA 130, and CYA undetectable / 0. Tem is ~76. Water is crystal clear in the shallow end and just shy of crystal in the diving well. I'm still vacuuming what I assume are dead algae spots but they're getting smaller and fewer every day....just dead stuff that settled in the seams today. Pool Math says we need 13 lb of granular stabilizer to raise CYA....obviously that won't dissolve in a sock! I *think* we're done with SLAM but wanted to ask! What next steps should we take? Thanks in advance!
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