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    High TA, CYA loss and daily FC loss

    Hi everyone, First thanks TFP members for all your precious comments/suggestions. I was running my pool only with those "awful" pucks for the last few years. Now I've found TFP and I made the switch to liquid chlorine instead. I do the daily checks for FC and PH and during the weekends I do the...
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    OCLT and measurement accuracy/error

    Hi guys, After almost 3 weeks of SLAMMING (I opened my pool with a huge green pea soup mess !), I've met most criteria (clear pool, CC less than or equal to 0.5). Now I need to pass the OCLT before stopping the SLAM. I did the test last night after sunset and this morning before sunrise. I have...
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    SLAM and being patient

    Hi everyone, My pool was lime green 1 week ago. I brought my CYA up from 0 to about 40. I have started to SLAM which according to the CYA/FC chart is around 16 ppm. I've been SLAMING for 7 days now. The water is not lime green anymore but isn't clear yet. It's kind of a blueish color but still...
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    Pool opening and CYA test

    Hi everyone, Newbie here trying to open the pool for the summer. Last summer I switched mid-season from the "terrible" balanced chlorine pucks to liquid chlorine. My CYA levels were really high > 100 (reading from the TF-100 cya view tube) because I was using those pucks at first. At the end of...
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    High CYA. Need to add 2/3 jug(3.6l) of liquid chlorine every 2 days

    Hi fellow TFP members, I'm a brand new member and this is my first post. I just bought the TFT-100 test kit because the el cheapo strips weren't enough for me. I have an automatic chlorinator (using those "bad" chlorine pucks that increase CYA). I have stopped using the pucks and the...