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We have decided to try one more week of the SLAMing process we have been doing and if no results we will do a partial drain and refill. If we end up draining we will vacuum to waste and try to get out all the debris from the deep end as well. Hopefully killing 2 birds with 1 stone.

The number difference between our tester and the pool store. Sample taken in the morning before adding any additional bleach. Us: FC 10.26 CYA 30.16 Pool Store: FC 10.17 CYA 29.91 As I have said I have 0 experience with pools and pool stores. They took my sample and came back with numbers...

Thanks I will check that out. - - - Updated - - - We test indoors. And we did take a sample to the pool store just to double check the numbers as because of the suggestions I was afraid the kit I'm using might not be very good. They were pretty dead on though, only about a 100th or so of...

I am sorry for any confusion. I had said that I received my test kit and meant to say a test kit. I had explained later that due to monetary issues I borrowed one from a friend and that I would be purchasing a TF100, but due to our hot water heater springing a leak, and having to purchase a...

Anyone have any suggestion on how I can keep my FC up yet keep my liner from further fading?

That is very strange. My FC levels have been between 10 and 12, according to chart it should be 12. I bump it up to 13-15 overnight (only the last 2 or 3 nights) because it drops so much by morning. Guess I will have to let it drop and use 3-4 gals in the mornings to get it back up. Won't that...

Looks the same. Have a vinyl liner and it seemed to happen overnight.

I am using a Color Q700 right now. Is the low PH the reason for the fading?

Anyone?

Numbers incase it's important for the fading. FC 10 (added more bleach, about 2pm it was 13 it is now 7pm) PH 7 TA 57 CH 82 CYA 32

Our FC dropped massively last night. About 9pm FC was 17, this morning it was 8. Also we now have a bleached ring around the pool. How can we minimize any more liner fading?

Another day has come and gone. FC was 6 yesterday morning, I had brought it up to 13 the night before. So I added some more bleach which brought it up to 15. I was able to make it home yesterday after noon and it was at 12 so added another gallon. Last evening it was at a 10 so I added 2...

Oh, I know! We cleaned them out and after an hour sometimes less we were cleaning them out again. Now it just very few leaves in the skimmer baskets and for the last 2 days nothing in the pump basket! Yes, I got through most of it last night, kids started complaining they were starving and I...

Thanks Swampwoman! We have been getting tons of debris from the bottom for the last 4 weeks. This week though it seems as though we are playing chase/hide and seek with the leaves. We were getting a net full every time we raked but now it seems to just stir things up and we ketch maybe a hand...

In the beginning we had a "professional" come out and check all the equipment. Turns out the filter was "surprisingly clean" for how nasty the pool was, the guy thought that the previous owners may have shut it off while the pool was is good shape and never started it again. Our pressure runs...

Here is a pic of Day 2! Woke up to it being more brown than green. Not sure if that is a good thing or not. Gets even darker brown when brushing and vacuuming. Day 2 of SLAM | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Still Day 2. The rain we got the previous day added about 4-5 inches of water. Day 2 of...

Thanks for the heads up. I have been going to Wal-Mart and getting their "pool" bleach which is 10% currently on sale for $2.50! I will definitely check out Atwood's and see what kind of deal I can scare up if I run out. I currently have 30 gallons sitting in my garage. I was told to stock...

I have been checking 1st thing in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening. The morning levels are usually low so I dump in bleach. I have found the bleach I am using raises my FC levels by approx 3ppm/gal. Anyway, about an hour after adding the bleach, vacuuming and brushing I check...

I borrowed a friend's Color Q700 test kit, until I could order the TF-100, they did a SLAM with it and said it worked well. Ended up having other monetary obligations and I was complaining to them that I would have to wait longer to start my SLAM, they were nice enough to loan it to me so I...

How long did it take you to clear your pool? Obviously it will differ but I would kind of like a bit of an estimation.:D

So 2 days of SLAMing our pool so far. Our innitial FC was .23 we had to add 5 gals of bleach to get it up to 12 and we got the CYA from 9 up to 30. Our readings the next morning were FC 3.53, CYA 28. Added more bleach, that night readings were FC 9.78, CYA 30, brought FC back up to 12. This...

Alright, I received my test kit. The numbers are... FC .23 PH 7 ALK 55 CH 51 CYA 9

I felt in my other post my pool out shined my frog problem, so I decided to dedicate a post just to them. I have a swamp instead of a pool and with it, a frog problem. We started treating our swamp hoping to turn it back into a pool. In the process we have removed dozens upon dozens of...

Dang! We don't have a good place to relocate them to no ponds or anything nearby. The kids have actually been scooping them out and tossing them into the neighbor's yard. :twisted: Not much help as obviously they are coming back. Thanks for the reply though.

Thanks, happy to be here, but wish it was under slightly different circumstances, a clean pool and question on how to keep it that way would have been nice. :) We started out with pool store liquid chlorine but that got expensive really fast. So went to Wally-World's liquid chlorine. We have...

Hello, we bought a foreclosure house that has a swamp where the pool should be. Apparently the owners abandoned the house for 2 years, maybe more for the pool. There were tons of trees overhanging the pool. The bank drained about 2 maybe 3 feet from the pool prior to selling. While in escrow...