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This morning the water is now crystal clear and I once again passed the OCLT. It appears the worst is now behind me. How long can I expect it to take before the FC levels come down? I'm currently down to around 20.5 from 24 and my CC is 0. Now that my SLAM is over what should I maintain FC...

I tested my FC last night and it was at 24, when I tested again this morning it was at 23.5 and CC is 0. So I passed the OCLT but my water is still not crystal clear. It's definitely blue and I can see nearly to the bottom of the deep end but it is still a little cloudy. Could this be caused...

Filter has been running nonstop all week. I only turn it off to clean out my cartridge, which I've been doing twice per day. The pressure gauge does work and seems to hold fairly steady around 16 or 17 PSI. It goes up to around 20 after it's been a while since I've cleaned the cartridge but...

Went out for a few hours last night and got home around 11:30. Tested FC again and it had fallen down to around 17 and the chlorine smell was very strong. Added bleach back up to 25 FC and went to bed. I ran my first test this morning around 9 AM and my FC was holding at 25. I just went back...

Newest update, I tested again and FC had dropped drastically to around 11. I quickly added bleach and retested and right back up to 24. I guess I'm going to have to keep a very close eye on this. I'll continue to test fequently. Is it safe to assume that once the sun goes down the dissipation...

Good news to report, I raised the FC per the pool calc which actually got me to 25 FC instead of 24 and nearly 2 hours later when I retested FC was still at 25! The water is looking much, much better than at this time yesterday. The green tint is gone and the water is blue but still a little...

Good outlook so far, I retested exactly 15 minutes later and am still showing an FC level of 9. So I'll begin with the SLAM and ramp it up to 24, I'll try to retest every hour or so or the time being to make sure the levels are holding up. Thanks, this seems like real progress!!!

Okay, so I'm home now and working on this. Tested once I got home and FC = .2 and CC = 1. pH was good at 7.2 and CYA was still reading around 55. Just added 3 gallons of bleach per the pool calc and retested 10 minutes later and FC is now 10.2. Will wait another 10 minutes and retest to...

I'm definitely not losing the faith here, I'm committed to getting this thing up and running as quickly as possible. I am not aware of any other products that were added to the pool since I bought the house and moved in after the pool was closed. I personally haven't added anything to the...

That is correct....let me also add that as I walk around the pool the smell of chlorine is very strong so I'm not sure what's up. It's getting much to dark here for me to fiddle with it any more tonight. I'll be up early and at it again before I head to work tomorrow to test levels and back on...

So I must admit I'm a bit perplexed. I lowered the pH to the acceptable range and added all of the bleach that was prescribed. I waited about 25 minutes and ran the chlorine test again and my numbers are lower than before. My new numbers are as follows. 1.0 PPM FC 2.0 PPM CC I tried...

Very much appreciated, how long should I wait after adding the bleach until testing? The pool calc is telling me to add 6 gallons, should I add all at once then wait and test?

Okay, so my test kit arrived a day early and in the meantime I purchased a new cartridge for my filter as I suspected it's been quite some time since it's been changed out. That helped the pressures drop and the water circulation is much better than before. My water is still very cloudy and...

So it sounds like the algae is what's clogging the fiter? That makes sense. I've purchased the test kit you linked to, it should arrive on Friday. In the meantime I'll purchase a dozen or so gallons of liquid chlorine from my local Wal-Mart after work today. Once the test kit arrives I'll...

Hello, I purchased a house last October with an IG pool and just had it opened for the first time on 5/19. When the company came to open the pool the water level was about 6 inches below the skimmer opening, I was told this was due to my use of the sump pump that drained the water off of my...