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Again, thanks! I dropped about 6 inches of water.. and am refilling. I will test pH and see what I need to do, I have some acid. Then once that is in order I will check the CYA and Fc. Then use the pool math to get the Fc where it needs to be for slamming.

THanks! Yea, I just noticed that.... I went to the pool store because they sold me the amount of stabilizer I "needed", and now thats why I need to use so much chlorine. They said 5lb was way too much, I was so mad, like YOU SOLD IT TO ME and said I NEEDED IT, all of it. So they suggest I pump...

Hi all, Opened my pool and got the water to be clear enough to see the bottom of the deep end. Over the last week or so, the pool has gone Greener everyday until now my whole pool looks like a swamp. I found my Fc was too low for too long and thats why it went green. I took measurements and...

A final thought.... testing my CYA levels with my kit. Am I to not see the black dot AT ALL..... I feel as though I could still BBARRRREELY see it... but it says in the test to go until it is no longer visible, and stop right after it disappears. I may need to retest that tomorrow to get a...

I appreciate everyones input. A Hose clamp broke, so I can't run my pump until tomorrow. I will get some borax and start my SLAM tomorrow. I did follow the TFP method last year, and it worked flawlessly.... as I said, except for doing the liquid chlorine constantly. I was hoping to avoid...

I did assume... it was pretty close to 50. Will test the CH after dinner, sorry. Just started with the tabs barely a week ago.

Ph - 7.0 FC - 1.5 CC - .5 CYA - 45 TA - 100 My pool is cloudy, can't see the deep end. So last year I ONLY used liquid chlorine and never really had to SLAM my pool but maybe once(forgot to keep chlorine up). I hated the daily task of adding the liquid chlorine not to mention the clothes I...

I thought the "ideal" FC level was 1.5 - 3ppm..... ? ******. Its because my CYA level is at 50... ok I got it. Thanks for the chart... I will add more FC today and try to keep my FC level at about 6ppm daily.

OK... Thanks so much. I just checked - FC - 1.5 ppm CC - .5 ppm CYA - 50 I am going to add 33oz of FC as per PoolMath to bring it up to 3 ppm. Will check again tomorrow... and will get pH level.

Sweet... went swimming today. Everything was clear and felt great. I am going to check the CYA and FC levels in a bit to see how they look. Question.... How often will I need to check or add CYA? Or any other chemicals?

I hung one 3lb sock in front of the deep end return and put the other 3lb sock in the skimmer. The 1 in front of the return was basically empty in a few hours. The one in the skimmer seemed to still be really full, so I hung it in front of the return with the nearly empty one. Now they are both...

Checked the FC three times today. added some. the CYA dissolved really fast.... My biggest problem... is my filter being clogged. It's PSI has gone up from 7 to 20, three times today. I purge it and it drops back down to 7 PSI, but 2 hours later its back up to 15-20 PSI. I know I can backwash...

96oz by weight of CYA added; hung one in front of deep end return and the other in the skimmer. FC was 3/6, added 64oz more of FC. should bring it up to 10. Brushed the side walls and floor as they had brown/green buildup. water is looking better, but still dirty. Had to backwash my filter, may...

Ok cool. Well I put about 180oz of 12.5% FC... it should bring it up towards 10ppm (prolly about 8ppm) for the SLAM. I will get some Stabilizer in the skimmer in a sock first thing tomorrow morning so the sun doesn't kill my FC. I know it takes a while for the stabilizer to dissolve, I will...

I am starting the SLAM process now. will get some stabilizer tomorrow. Can I put it in the filter basket instead or is that a bad idea? BTW, how do you like your Dolphin Robot? What model?

Water is pretty cloudy. My filter gets clogged easily and then loses pressure and doesnt filter enough so the water gets cloudy. I think its all beacuse my FC level keeps dropping and I am not keeping it up to the right level consistently. I have enough Bleach to shock it tonight. How do I get...

Just used my Test Kit today. Here are my findings.... FC - 0 ? (I couldn't get this test done right, but am certain I have no FC in my pool) pH - 7.6 TA - 120 ppm CH - 150 ppm CYA - I couldn't get the black dot to disappear, so my CYA has to be 0 as well) Any thoughts? What's good or bad, I...

Lol... thanks Yes, I mean FC. Still getting the acronyms. I should have my test kit here soon so I can see what my CYA is. As I have read on the forums... I will be adding a bit of this liquid chlorine daily? of course depending on sunlight and CYA levels. but more often than not I will be...

Hi, We just bought a house with an inground pool and a hot tub. Never had a either before. We just replaced the liner and filled it with fresh water a few weeks ago. I have ordered the TF-100 test kit and it should arrive this week. As of now I have a Chlorine and PH test kit, and some test...