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After treatment, CYA is around 30 (give or take - hard to tell when the black dot "disappears" in the Taylor kit) and the smell is gone. Thanks for the insight.

That's a really good point - until now I've had decent levels of CYA, so maybe that's why I'm noticing a difference. My shipment of CYA arrives today; I'll see if that solves the issue after a day or two. I wasn't aware of SLAM as a separate thing, but I did those tests as part of my normal...

After recently shocking my pool, I now have a chemical smell that I can't quite place. All tests done with Taylor testing kit (liquid reagents) Free Cl: 3ppm (it's an indoor pool so I don't run high Cl levels) Total Cl: 3ppm Ph: 7.3 (it was too low, so I've been adding baking soda) CYA: 0 (it...

I use Taylor liquid reagent tests, replaced every year. The current filter is indeed a sand filter, so this would just be replacing for a similar one. The pool person was open that we could just replace the sand/filter material instead, but the pressure vessel is about 15 years old, the pressure...

Thanks for the feedback. I also considered salt but the pool person thought UV would be better. I don't know if adding Cl every week is normal, but the pool has a sliding vinyl cover that's closed so the water gets zero sun. I add the equivalent of one gallon of regular strength bleach each week.

I did err on the side of privacy. :) Since the pool is indoors in a finished, climate controlled room I assumed (maybe incorrectly) that location didn't really matter. It's between 80 and 100 in the pool room 24/7/365. There's a built-in hot tub that I don't use, and several water features...

There isn't a problem with the current system, per se. I do minimal maintenance on the pool and it works just fine. Some parts are nearing the end of their life though, so while I'm replacing them I figured I'd look at other improvements to save on labor cost. Interesting point about UV being...

I have an indoor pool, although I'm not sure if that changes anything.

I have a 30,000 gallon indoor pool that I maintain myself. It's a chlorine pool, and I generally follow the recommendations of TFP in terms of Cl levels, CYA, etc. We bought the house 3 years ago and there is quite a bit of deferred maintenance that we have been addressing. I should note that I...