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  1. cmed50

    SLAM Not Raising FC

    We have been scrubbing everything that we can get to and not finding anything, not seeing anything in the filter either. I tried asking this question on a different thread and didn’t really get an answer, but can it be in the pipes?
  2. cmed50

    SLAM Not Raising FC

    I’ve added 1,024 ounces of 12.5% chlorine to a crystal clear pool over a 3 day span and there is still somehow enough organics and algae in the pool to burn up a dose of 256 ounces in less than 12 hours? I would assume that I would be able to visually see that big of a problem?
  3. cmed50

    SLAM Not Raising FC

    Yes, I would say 50 is accurate.
  4. cmed50

    SLAM Not Raising FC

    Sunday night we got 40, but we also did that test without standing with our back to the sun and holding waist high, we are brand new to testing our water ourselves. PoolMath Logs
  5. cmed50

    SLAM Not Raising FC

    PH is 7.0, was 7.2 when we started and I have the Borax to raise it just didn’t want to mess with the SLAM process by adding it before getting the chlorine fixed. CYA is maybe 50, I struggle to get the same number multiple times in a row on that test. We do have an automatic chlorinator for...
  6. cmed50

    SLAM Not Raising FC

    I added 256 ounces last night to get up to 16 and first test this morning was at 0.5 for both FC and CC. Water is crystal clear and has been since we changed the sand in our filter a couple of weeks ago. Not sure what could be causing that much chlorine to burn up over night.
  7. cmed50

    SLAM Not Raising FC

    Okay, wow, that is much higher than we have been aiming for. I had no idea that tiny little circle on the app turned on the target for SLAM, I thought the number next to the word SLAM was the target.
  8. cmed50

    SLAM Not Raising FC

    Trichlor tabs and dichlor shock to try and eliminate algae last summer and mold when opening this summer having no idea that it would raise CYA so high.
  9. cmed50

    SLAM Not Raising FC

    Finally got FC up to 5 by checking and adding every 30 minutes, but not until the pool was completely in the shade, so perhaps a sign that our CYA is too low? That test plays tricks with my mind so I could have my number wrong. We started the season with a ridiculously high number over 170...
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  12. cmed50

    SLAM Not Raising FC

    I have the free version of the app so it only logs one test, but this is the log of the chlorine additions and the latest test after 30 minutes of adding chlorine.
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  15. cmed50

    SLAM Not Raising FC

    We had an issue with high CC (above 2), so we began the SLAM process Monday morning using FAS-DPD test. We have gotten the CC under control, but our FC has only gotten above 1 on one test. We are adding 60-70 ounces of 12.5% liquid chlorine every few hours based on Pool Math calculations and...
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  17. cmed50

    Cleaning Mold From Plumbing

    I’m not positive that is in the pipes, just assuming because it was in the pool and the filter so likely in the space connecting them. This is the layer that would build up on top of our sand in the filter every few days. We were using dichlor and trichlor, hence the high CYA (it was at 176...
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  19. cmed50

    Cleaning Mold From Plumbing

    We have been on the struggle bus this year with our pool, mostly fighting white water mold. I’ve read several times on here that you rarely see that in a chlorine pool, but we had it like crazy and have figured out that it was partially our habit of keeping the cover closed after first opening...