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Our pool is a rectangle, and yes the algae spots are primarily along the walls in the deep end when I see it. Thanks for the ping pong ball idea - I will try that now to gauge our water circulation. I will round up the cya measurement too - it was right between 40 and 50, but rounding up to 50...

Thanks for the tips! It is appreciated - I have learned so much on this site!

We do have a ladder - I will invest in a smaller hand brush to make sure that is totally cleaned. What are hollow steps?

Thanks for your thoughts! Could this be something other than algae? dirt? I'm just surprised to get the algae since I've been diligent about keeping the levels of chlorine in the range.

Using our Taylor K-2006 Test kit and testing the water every morning, we have had wonderful crystal clear water! Our cya is 45, so the desired chlorine range per pool math is 4-8ppm. We have never been below 4, and I use the pool math calculations to maintain it at 7. I brush and vacuum the...

My CH is 400. Thank you for the tip - I'll look for Cal hypo today. Is it marketed under other names too? The scarcity of liquid chlorine is surprising me!

I am testing our water daily, and adding liquid chlorine, and our water has been crystal clear since opening in early May - this is the longest we have gone with such sparkling water - thank you for the education! We used the tablets in the past and paid the price with high cya (90+). Before...

I truly didn't appreciate the need to get every last spec of algae brushed. Thanks for stressing that to me now. I will be extra diligent next season. Just closed the pool today due to upcoming vacation and not wanting to ask someone to tend to it in our absence. Thanks again!

The algae around the ladder that may not have been brushed would not be killed in a SLAM? We passed the OCLT for 2 nights, but if it was a small amount, then perhaps that was the issue. I assumed the high fc would kill all of the algae it touched!

Thank you! I had hoped that after a SLAM and keeping the fc levels correct for the cya I wouldn't have algae again - I am happy to hear that is the theory anyways! So happy we found this forum - next year will be amazing! Thanks again

Good Morning! I am new to this process, and successfully completed our first SLAM on an 18,000 gallon in ground pool on Aug 12. It worked beautifully! I let the fc levels drop naturally, and the water is crystal clear. I maintained the pool at 11fc (we have cya of 80 and plan to reduce...

Hi - We recently discovered your page, and are now trying to correct the errors of the past! We have an 18,000 gallon inground pool with vinyl liner. Using the Taylor K-2006 Kit (highly recommend!) our readings are: cya - 90 (yikes, due to 4 years of using tablets - now using Chlorox) fc - 12...