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> As long as you can dig around the pool and not find water, you’ll be ok. How far would one need to dig to find out? We don't have nearly the level of water sloshing about that this video shows, and I don't think we would literally "hit water" if we dug anywhere. But I'm concerned about...

Pool guy was here. He reacted like @Newdude LOL...and he's just looking at it after the water has gone down and he can actually see the pool. Pic from today is below for comparison. He was sure the equipment was toast. Coulda knocked him over with a feather when he turned it on and it blew out...

Thanks everyone! Really appreciate all the input. @Texas Splash holy moly! Yes, you've been where we are. Thanks for the pic. Your egret looks as happy as my mallard couple. (But I think mine are more green and slimy....) @AQUA~HOLICS Thanks for mentioning the staining. I had thought about...

In the recent California storms, we ended up with our entire pool and most of the equipment under flood waters. All that was visible was the diving board. The water that's in it now is brown. I can't see the bottom, but I can feel the mud and I can stir it up by brushing (at least in the...

Thanks @CuckooChris ! Appreciate it muchly.

And then I read this and I think it answered my question. Sorta. I still need to wrap my head around it. https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/chlorine-smell-questions.83668/

Thanks. I've been reading up on that, and I see a lot of references to there being instructions and a video, but I haven't found that. Can you point me at them, perhaps? Also, I am curious about the associate you've made here between the strong smell and high usage. I thought I read somewhere...

We just got a new CalSpa Pacifica PPZ-732L 6 person stand-alone hot tub. :party: L O V I N G I T :party: But the spa people (I know, I know...) gave us a starter kit that uses the Frog @ease Smartchlor system. I am suspicious of it, given my wonderful experiences here with the TFP crowd...

Good to know. I chose 1# based on PoolMath's recommendation to get me from 30 to 40, but I guess if it was a bit lower than 30 + water added + what you said here, then it starts to make more sense. Question: @cowboycasey said I might have lost 3ppm over a few days. I need to understand what...

Good to know. Today I was in bright outdoor light, very sunny, back to the sun, facing north. If the light was making it more opaque, I've got nuthin!

Ok....I added about 1# of dry CYA this weekend. In the 24 hours I waited before retesting, I added some water to replace a couple of inches lost to evaporation since the initial fill. Today my CYA levels are DOWN from where they were last time I tested. We're actually below 30 now (I can still...

Thanks for the update! I'll keep an eye on it and see if I can identify a pattern.

Yes, I am @Leebo

Not sure if this is the right place for posting a bug report, but someone can move me if needed. I've noticed that when I tell PoolMath to log the "suggested amount" of chlorine, it logs -1 gallon. I've had this happen twice in the past week or so, and had to manually correct it. I'm afraid I...

A little late here, but.....I've not heard anything about a shortage of LC. The problem is with dry chlorine, because one of the two plants in the US burned down. In California, I haven't had any trouble at all getting LC. It's everywhere. Even the pool store said I can buy as much as I want...

Not to mention the current dry chlorine shortage. Oh wait.... 🤑

Oh! The "fading endpoint" might apply to my CH test. I'll read that carefully and test again.

Thanks, you guys. This does help. I gather I can stop counting drops when the color change happens and another drop doesn't change it any further? (I read that somewhere, just want to make sure it was good advice!)

OK more questions! I learned my colors from Crayola, so I need a lesson in pool chemistry color matching... I am not sure I'm getting my TA and CH right because I'm confused about the colors. 1) On the TA test, the water is supposed to change from blue to red. Is this red? I would probably call...

Ok, my pH today is up to 8.0 (first time I've checked it since SLAM) and FC is down to 4.0 (sunshine!) which is in the normal range but I need to boost it up while I work on the BA. (Logs are shared.) If I understand correctly, keeping the FC high also tends to raise the pH, so that's why we...

Yes, I've read the article. Right now I have FC at around 9 (CYA 30 - to save $ on LC for now) and plan on keeping it about there while I continue to work on the BA. CSI is currently calculated at -0.6 according to PoolMath, but I haven't been monitoring pH or TA since I started the SLAM so I...

Well, folks, IT IS DONE!!! :whoot: We passed the OCLT test this morning with a 0.5 loss. I actually think it would have passed a few days ago, but I was working so hard on keeping the FC elevated while scrubbing the BA that I didn't really think about it. The filter never got above 16 PSI, but...

Awesome, thank you for letting me know!!

Haha, sorry I meant to correct "bottom feeder" before hitting send. I am referring to my pool cleaner, which is the type that crawls along the bottom of the pool and sucks up crud into a bag (Polaris). We used to have the kind that drives around on the top of the water with a float behind it and...