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2 of the 3 for sure. I don’t think my parents have done the chlorine loss test. I guess we should slam again to be sure.

We appear to have green algae on the bottom of our pool. Water is clear. We SLAM. Gets clear for a day or so then gets bottom turns green. PH 7.5 TC 9 CC 0.5 TA 90 CYA 40

New question. We’ve decided to drain the pool and dilute to get the stabilizer down to a decent level then start over with the slam. As we were draining the pool we noticed aside for the green algae we also have mustard algae. Does the SLAM FC change to a higher number of the pool has mustard...

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Thank you! I’ll start again tomorrow morning. Do I have to complete all the test everyday or just the free chlorine?

I got some liquid chlorine today. I have been checking chemicals and shocking the pool according to the levels to reach 31ppm. The pool has not changed color yet. When should I start to see some change in the water? Pool filter is running 24/7 for about 2 weeks now. Just want to be sure I’m...

Yes. We are in the process of exchanging more water today. Hoping to start the slam process tomorrow.

Got my pool test kit in and here are the results FC 1 CC 2.5 TC 3.5 Ph 7.2 CH 375 TA 170 CYA 80 Ready to get this party started! On a side Note, I know it’s best to use liquid chlorine but my parents just recently bought a 5 gallon bucket calcium hypo chlorite so I would like...

Test kit is ordered. My plan is to vacuum today to waste some water in the pool while waiting for the new test kit to come in. Ive watched and read all of the above material you put forth. Thank you for that!

Hi all! I’m new to caring for pools as I’m trying to help my parents open their pool for the swim season. My parents are not new to this as they have owned this pool for 30+ years. However, they choose to allow the pool to get filthy during the winter months then spend gobs of money in the...