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    SLAM for 13 days, when to stop?

    Hey all. I started with a green pool. It's currently sparkling and clear enough to see if a quarter is heads or tails. I have not done an OCLT, because I have been waiting for the algae to clear up from the bottom. While it has gotten drastically better since the beginning, I am still vacuuming...
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    Dirt or algae?

    Water is clear, sparkling even. But I still have tons of gathered "dirt" or algae. I have passed my OCLT, I am wondering if it's fine dirt my filter can't catch? I have very fine, claylike dirt that is almost hydrophobic at times. I have a cartridge filter. I feel like I vacuum it up and it's...
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    Fluctuating FC

    How much is too much? Last week I SLAMed successfully, although I ran out of reagent which was backordered - I got the new reagent and tested last Friday, everything was within range, .5 ppm CC. I had been adding around 2-3 cups of bleach blindly during the week I was waiting for my reagent to...
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    CYA, dirt clods, and free chlorine

    About 3 weeks ago my 3 year old threw 3 dirt clods in our above ground vinyl pool (14’x42”). I immediately shocked and vacuumed, but it seemed since my dirt is VERY fine, the filter (a cartridge) wasn’t catching it all. I would have a layer of dirt on the bottom even after running the filter...