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I started SLAM Thursday. Last night just before sunset I added enough chlorine to bring it up to 12 which is what the pool math app said to add. I just tested at 6:45 this morning and my level is now 11. Am I done or do I need to keep going? My water is blue looking but still cloudy. You...

Last summer I left my Dolphin S50 in the pool while I did SLAM and the chlorine made the cord nasty so I’m assuming too much chlorine can be bad for it. I’m currently doing SLAM on the pool to kill the algae, but what dilution of bleach and water should I soak my Dolphin in to kill the algae...

Last year we bought a blowup slide then we had a get together on Memorial Day and it died with all the activity. How many of you have one? Can I see how you've set it up?

My CYA keeps getting too high and I know it's because I use chlorine tabs/pucks. If I switch to liquid chlorine that won't happen right? Thing is, the nearest store that sells it is 30 miles away one way and has a limit of 10 bottles per customer, so I'm wondering, how many days would I get out...

I end up having to SLAM before opening every year. It always works without fail. This time I'm having issues though. I'm not losing any chlorine overnight, but I still have algae. Is it because I'm not brushing or vacuuming enough? Usually when I stop losing chlorine, I have crystal clear...

Okay so doing the FC test the water turns pink, then you add the drops until it turns clear. How clear? Should it have no pink hue at all? Does a light, light pink hue mean I need to add more drops and wait fir it to lose all the pinkies?

I have a Hydrotools chlorinator. It's 2 years old and it's always been hard to open. We've lubed it, greased it and replaced the o ring. We usually open it with a big pair of pliers but that's not working today. The lid won't move at all. Ideas for getting it open without breaking the PVC...

I have a 30 foot round pool with some algae. Last summer I used the SLAM method and it killed all the algae and my pool looked great so I decided to do it again this summer. My CYA is 45 and Ph 7.2. I added the first dose of liquid chlorine yesterday afternoon. My FC is now 12. If I'm...

My water is clear and it passed the overnight chlorine loss test, but my combined chlorine is 14. What do I do next? I started this Sunday BTW. Thanks

How often do I test my chlorine and add more chlorine if I’m doing slam?

I bought a TF100 test kit so I could SLAM to kill algae. My CYA was way too high though so I had drain and refill approximately 70% of my pool. Yes, I still have algae. My water is mostly fresh and untreated now. What do I need to balance, if anything, before I SLAM? I will retest my CYA...

I have a 30x52 above ground chlorine pool. I have a TF-100 test kit. My CYA showed 120 so I let half my water out, refilled it, let the pump run for 24 hours and retested. My CYA was 95. I repeated the process and my CYA is now at 70. Why didn’t it reduce by half each time I drained it? If...

I’m trying to get my water balanced and I’m waiting on a new test kit to come in, in the meantime I’ve noticed that my CYA level is low until I shock my pool. Once I shock, my CYA level reads way too high, but after the shock dissipates, the CYA level is low again. I use liquid pool chlorine...

I have a 30 foot AGP With a sand filter. I’m trying to start back up after winter. My water is thick, cloudy and brownish green. I’ve double shocked it- color didn’t change. Test strips show alkalinity is good, stabilizer is good, chlorine is high and PH is too low. We’ve also added...

I’m getting ready to landscape around my 30 foot pool. I’m wanting to use pea gravel and edging. I priced a truck load of pea gravel, an 8 yard truck is $350 a .5 cubic bag is $3.50 per bag. How do I estimate how much I will need? The truck load is a bit high because I live outside the normal...

I have a 30x52 pool. I bought an Aqua critter and I've used it maybe 5 times total. It has 36 feet of hose on it. No matter how l9ng you leave it in the pool it will not vacuum the left hand side of the pool. It will make left hand but once it gets to the center of the pool it keeps going right...

I had a brand new 30 x52 installed 2 weeks ago. It has a built in chlorinater. I keep it full of tabs and I have the dial turned up as high as it will go and the chlorine still registers zero. The only thing the pool place did was to shock it and add algaecide. Don't I need to add...