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Alrighty going to test chlorine level this morning and adjust using liquid chlorine if needed and increase my SWG a bit.

When you say above target range what is best? I have my TFC at 6.5 now should it be closer to 8 with a high swim load?

So I really should increase my cya 10pm to give myself some more “wiggle” room. May need to add some liquid chlorine too to get my levels up to around 8-9. The thing that gets me is all the pool info says cya of 40 TFC 1-2 I feel like I have to go against the grain of everything written on all...

Why of course. Hawaii is pretty nice this time of year. Except the fact of water temps climbing and me freaked of my pool turning green.

Okay everyone. Family just got to town so more load on the pool than normal. All my levels are good now but should I increase chlorine while they are here?

Also I turned my salt water chlorinator off during SLAM is that the right thing to do?

Okay thanks for all the help just added the 7 gallons of liquid chlorine recommended by pool math with my cya levels. I will test levels in 30 minutes. Question is it okay to put my auto vac back in the pool now? This way it will get sanitized too.

I just cleaned it last night and I clean it once a week normally and brush my pool at least once a week. My only concern is that I see dead algae on the bottom of my pool. I’m very ocd about testing my water and my chlorine level is never under 4ppm. I dumped 3 gallons of liquid chlorine in...

Okay I’m a little freaked about SLAMing my pool. My pool is 30k and on the shock it says to just add 3 gallons of liquid chlorine but if I shock using the SLAM method I need to add almost 7 gallons. I did OCLT last night and my levels went from 5.5 to 5. Do I just do the SLAM? How soon can...

Thanks I just did OCLT and my chlorine went from a 5.5 to a 5. Does this mean whatever algae is already dead? I still see it at the bottom of the pool. I feel like my numbers are all on point but there is something not right.

My water is not looking as good as it could and I can see algae at the bottom of my pool. My FC has never gone down under 4 ppm and I have no CC showing up. What the heck? Do I still slam pool. I don’t get it, where I’m I going wrong? I decreased PH already to 7.6. I know my pool isn’t...

At this point I feel like I’m losing my mind and my husband wants to strangle me. I just tested my TC/CC again and my TC is up to 10.5 with no CC This morning CC was 0.5. My salt water chlorinator is on which could be what is causing the increase in Chlorine.I can visibly see green algae in my...

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Okay I think I filled in all information on my signature. Planning to start the slam this evening. Question do I turn off my salt water chlorinator before I start the slam Process? How long should we stay out of the water during slam?

Preformed the over night chlorine loss test last night. No loss in chlorine but my CC was at 0.5 both in the evening test and this morning. A friend of mine who maintains pools told me to add super blue to my water to clarify it. I added that last night and this morning my water is almost...

Pretty sure my specs are all filled in. Can you not see them in my profile?

I am going to do the overnight chlorine test tonight. Just to confirm I need to turn my chlorinator off for the test, correct? I ask didn’t realize it but my husband had turned off the main drain weeks ago. He thought it would help move the surface water to the skimmers to get rid of the...

Btw my chlorine has been at a 4 ppm but I bumped up my chlorinator and have it at a 5 now. My pump is running for 10 hrs a day.

Okay I have been really good about testing and maintaining my water with my TFP test kit but apparently not that good. My water is looking cloudy and I have noticed some algae build up in the corners and when brushing the pool. Help!!! My levels are not low my But I guess I let my chlorine...

Doesn’t seem like there is a definite answer on what percentage/length of time to run SWG, seems like people just play around until they find the right spot to produce the proper levels. Same with the pump. My pool is very new so I’m learning all I can to keep my water clear and levels correct.

Thanks Jim. No waterfalls or anything fancy just your basic 16x40 rectangle also no heater. I’m a bit unclear on what speed my pump needs to be at to have the SWCG switch on. I set my SWG to 20% and have it running from 9-5 and that’s keeping my Chlorine at 4ppm.

Question How long should I be running my Hayward 2.7 hp variable speed pump? speeds? I want to decrease my electric use if possible. I have read some people run there pump 24/7 2-4 hours high speed 4-8 medium and the rest of the time low. Is that really necessary? My pool is 30,000 gallons,SWG...

One thing to add I live on the Northshore of Kauai usually the wettest spot on earth. We of course have not had much rain since my salinity went wonky (or I added too much salt using pool math). It will rain I just want to keep my chlorinator happy and keep chlorine at a good level.

Okay that’s good to know my CC is at 0. Maybe it’s my imagination but I feel like I smell chlorine.

I think my FC went high when the guy we had start up our pool put our chlorinator at 75% we had been using liquid bleach and tabs for the first 30 days and our FC was staying around 4-5.