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Yes, It's just my weird humor. I Love the TFP method, this will be my 3rd season using it. before resorting to clarifier, I called a local pool store to ask if they had DE in stock so that I could add a small amount to my sand filter to try and clear up the water that way. I ended up stuck on...

To be crystal clear (pun intended) I used 2 small 2oz doses of clarifier for 2 days. I have absoulutly zero intention of using it again. For the last 2 pool seasons I never used it. I was in the 3rd week of the SLAM and I was passing my OCLT and had been below .5 CC for over a week. With my CYA...

I was on my 3rd week of slamming, and I doubt 4 total oz of clarifier is going to clog up anything.

I added a 2 oz. dose one day, and then another 2oz. dose the next day. it was clear on the 3rd morning.

Yeah.. So I lost patience with the process and faith in my sand filter. I used Clarifier. It worked. Sue me.

Thanks for helping me dodge that bullet! I was already considering it.

This is the prettiest cleanest cloud I've ever seen. The waiting is killing me. CC is less than .5, and OCLT is right at 1ppm. Hurry up sand!!! I called all the local pool shops and no one has DE in stock until friday :-/

I haven't put steps in at all yet. I yanked them on day one. Will definitely scrub them before I drop them in though!

Thank you for the tips, I have not done a proper OCLT yet. perhaps tonight is the night. I was mulling over the idea of adding DE.. are there any drawbacks to doing this? Thanks

Been SLAMming for about a week. the water was blue by day 2, it's been foggy though and doesn't seem to be getting any clearer. I had already added CYA before reading the SLAM procedure, so my CYA is at 50. PH was at 7.2 when I started, TA at 75ish. My SLAM chlorine maintenance level is 20ppm, I...

So, fair enough. I know the vinyl doesn't care. My thought in maintaining LSI was to attempt to make sure the metal frame lasts as long as possible. I was thinking it would keep the water more neutral for this purpose. maybe I'm crazy.

Gotcha. This is the piece of info I was looking for. Daily PPM usage. As for TA and PH, they haven't been yoyoing at all, I just made this adjustment to bring the LSI back into check. It's the first PH/TA adjustment I've made in the last 2 weeks.

I'll look into this, thanks!

Ahh, I see what you mean. It hasn't been an issue, but this makes sense. I'll make that adjustment. Thank you.

Understood. Thus the daily adjustment to 6ppm. looks like my usage is approximately 4ppm per day.

First, I'd like to say thank you to this entire community for all the amazing information. I have a 7700 gallon 18'x4' bestway pool, and thanks to all of you my water is sparkling and beautiful. My question is about my daily maintenance dose of chlorine, and if the amount is normal. I have to...