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Sorry! I've already SLAMed my pool. It was indeed difficult to do. I had to bring my FC up to 28 and it took 7 days for to pass all three criteria. My original CYA was somewhere around 150. I decided to leave it at 70 this season and try and lower it further next year. I will add 3/4 of what it...

Just checking everyone thoughts on how I should approach balancing my water. First time pool owner here and am opening a poorly maintained pool for the first time. My plan is to add roughly 10.8 lbs by weight of soda ash to increase the pH to 7.6 and then retest to figure out the amount of...

I have a clogged skimmer and want to clean out my DE filter. Cleaning it seems pretty straight forward, but now I don't know where to put the DE. Im waiting for a PG to come and unclog my skimmer. I tried using a water bladder to no avail. Only a small stream of water came out through the pump...

I see now! I missed the decimal points.

Is it normal for my FC levels to be unreadable 3 hours after adding liquid chlorine?I stopped at 20 drop of R-0871 because the color was not turning clear. Using pool math for a 24,400 gallon pool, I got an output of 6 gallons and 3 quarts of 10% chlorine. I added exactly that and left the...

That seems acceptable to me. Its seems like its going to be a summer with no to little travel anyway. How should I start my slam process? Do I address he low pH, TA, or CH or do I just go straight into slamming it with chlorine?

I do not have a SWG. I plan on chlorinating the pool using liquid chlorine. I was hoping that I could slowly drain/fill the pool over time. Do things this summer like routine backwashes and watering the plants with pool water. Nobody likes a crazy expensive water bill ?. I understand lower CYA...

All, After partial dumping and filling my pool twice, I've gotten a CYA level of roughly 70. Here are my current levels: CYA: 70 PH: <7 (a test strip says I'm somewhere around 6.4) FC: 0.2 TA: 30 CH 60 Should I continue draining to lower CYA or move forward? Assuming I want to keep things...

Everyone, I just added my pump to my signature. After taking a look, my skimmer doesn't have a weir door. I guess I have to go out and buy one! As for the skimmer suction, I think the skimmer and main drain labels might have been reversed and that the water is coming from the main drain. I'm...

Hey everyone, I'm in the process of partial draining my pool to reduce CYA levels. This is my first time trying to get the pool up for use since buying a new home. After turning my valve to only be on the skimmer (my main drain is clogged), I can see water entering the pump and exiting the...

I'm refilling the pool as I type this. Interestingly enough, Leslie's readings were correct. What do I tackle first after retesting my CYA? CH? PH? FC? All of the above? FC- 0 TC- 0 pH- 6.3 TA-0 CH-11 CYA- 101

Hey everyone! This is our first time opening the pool after buying this house. Exciting! I don't have my Taylor K-2006 test kit in hand yet. Shipping is taking a while, so it wont be in till next week. While I was at Leslie's to pick up a replacement spider gasket, I got a test done and this is...