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ok i figured maybe there was a .5 margin of error if my scoop of the dpd test was bigger or if my water level wasn't exaclty at the 10 mark.. my cya was 40 when i started my slam 4-5 days ago. i haven't tested the CYA since i started. should i? i thought it said don't bother testing anything...

@sande005 @mknauss @Newdude @ajw22 welp. got a plug in there. no more constant algae water freeway right into my pool! after 7 years finally stopped it. and so last night at midnight my FC was 18. and this morning at 6 am it was 16.5 can i call that good enough??! or MUST IT BE 1 or under...

Trying to upload the photos of my pump and pipes and stuff but cant. photos too big for the servers? Which I don't understand because I took them all with my iPhone at the same time as these ones and these ones just uploaded just fine..

ok I dumped some chlorine in that canister and I saw it come out the white hole into my pool along with debris so it is confirmed it is leading into my pool. I'm going to get a plug right now.. I can't believe this has been my source of algae for seven years and I never put two and two...

im assuming the clear water came in from the pool. is there somewhere else it would come from? again, i thought black water would have been coming out the white pipe into the pool if they were connected. right? if they are connected is this likely the source of my algae? i couldn't shove...

WOAHHHH! wait .look what I found @Mdragger88 @Newdude @sande005 @ajw22 This has been an abandoned auto fill thing which I have never used and I don’t know how it works or even if it works. Is that white hole in the pool connected to the inner basket of this nasty thing? I tried shoving a...

@sande005 @ajw22 here is my log. im getting frustrated how i the heck am i still losing 6 points over night! (its been 12 hours) 730pm to 7 am. went from 24 FC 18. im using 10% i guess i don't know how to use pool math app. i got to log my first thing and its prompting me to upgrade for...

help. at 12 pm my fc was 15. added half gal at 5 it was 12.5 . added 1.5 gal at 730 my FC is 24!!! It was suppose to be 16 at the max. i didn't think it would go up that high! ( i suppose since i have hardly any algae at this point) and my kids were swimming in it! did i majorly mess up and...

@Newdude @ajw22 can you answer me 2 questions: I grew up in the 80s and I have always heard and read everywhere even in my adulthood that you can't swim while you're shocking or suplerchlorinating a pool. cant swim if its over 5 ppm. and then I find this forum, and everyone says go right...

i dont know man, my pool is weird shape. how do i measure it and come up with accurate gallonage? im using 10% chl and its new that being said i failed the OTLC test. it was 14.5 last night at 930 and 10.5 this morning at 7 am. added another gal- not sure what that will bring it up to. how...

ok I'm finally starting to understand @Newdude and @mknauss . I've read the slam process like 10 times lol Im feeling really empowered now! after 7 years of winging it with my pool I now understand how fast my pool consumes chlorine . This is big for me! and im getting it done in 5 min now. :)...

ok newdude so i think im starting to understand my FC is 3 right now, cya is 40 cc is .5 so my slam level needs to be 16. how much liquid chl do i add tonight to start slamming? so i test the fas/dpd again in morn to get my FC to 16 is that right? and maintain 16 for how long? when do i let...

ihave an old hayward. i'll check and get back to you on here.

thank you. im decent at diy. as long as i have good instruction. i will post pics later on this thank you again. do i need to clean my cartridge filter before i start my slam?

man. salt water chlorine thingy sounds like a no brainer if it really is that cost effective. that model you just recommended, pretend im your best friend, should i shop and research and compare or will i be super happy with that model and shouldn't over think it?. i suppose i need to get a...

i like the straight talk. and wow. freakin leslies is like double the price! i think i got 2 gal for 20$ and im going through them like crazy. do i need to spend 200$ a month in chlorine is that just the reality? if so, why wouldn't i just hire a pool guy to do it for 125 a month and i don't...

After I dump in a gallon of chlorine, the next day the block test shows that my chlorine is over five but by the next day, it's probably at three and by the next day, it's basically zero. Does that just mean I'm fighting some algae? So how much do I need to put in? 3 gallons 4 gallons? and once...

i have the TF 100 isn't that good enough? although it takes me like an hour if i were to do the chl and ph and cya. and everything. going through all the steps and reading and measuring everything twice as i go. not exactly trouble free in my opinion. i don' t have an extra hour a day to do...

what?? is that what normal people do ?? spend 50-60$ a WEEK? no way... is that what im signing up for by not doing pucks and shock anymore and strictly liquid chl?

i have the TF 100 isn't that good enough? although it takes me like an hour if i were to do the chl and ph and cya. going through all the steps and reading and measuring everything twice as i go. not trouble free in my opinion.

right now i have the i think its the older version of the phoenix cleaner. it has that sticker on it "the pool cleaner". Which in my opinion is a piece of Crud. I have spent $500 just on replacing those stupid plastic gears and rubber tires on it over the years. its 7 years old and doesn't...

What's up y'all I have a 25 to 30,000 gal inground pebble tech pool. I live in Arizona and we use the pool daily. It looks good right now but I'm having to use about 2 gallons a week lately. AND I'm having to scrub the pool at least twice a week sometimes more. (aint nobody got time for that)...