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I haven’t turned it off but I can see if it moves when I do. I can stick my hand in front of the filter and it is coming out very forcefully…the only time it changed was when I was first cleaning out the leaves and they were getting stuck on the drain…then there was barely any water coming out...

Hello! I started SLAMMING my pool last week. It was pretty green and had some leaves in…I am still working blind to get the leaves out… I got the PH in range before I started to SLAM. I’ve kept the FC at 12 for my CYA which is at 25-30. I have yet to have to backwash. I have a sand filter but...

How long should I wait to test and see if it has achieved the FC I am aiming for after adding chlorine?

Hello - Been a rough year getting my pool open. Finally feel I’m on the right track but have been having issues with losing large amounts of chlorine every day despite slamming for almost a week and not seeing any algae in the water/in the pool (still can’t see everything though as water is...

Thank you! I totally missed those somehow. :)

I wasn't sure where to post this, so hope it is okay here. Starting my fourth year following TFP advice and loving it! Went to get everything together as I planned to open my pool this weekend and found that somehow my test tube for my chlorine is broken. Does anyone know where I can buy just...

Got in today because I needed to see what was going on. The stuff on the sides is hard. It seems like it is some sort of scaling. I find this odd considering the calcium hardness is 300 and it is a vinyl liner. Any suggestions as to what to do? I can't test PH right now as I am still SLAMming my...

Hello, Opened my pool last week to a swamp. I got it cleared up pretty well so far, still cloudy, but it's just patience at this point in terms of the filter picking everything up. One thing I am noticing though is that I have what looks like dead algae on the sides. I have scrubbed at it with...

Hi. So, I got sick and the hot tub was neglected for two days since I am the one who normally takes care of it. When I checked it today the FC was 0. I put in enough chlorine to raise it to shock level, but just want to check if there is anything else I need to do. Thanks!

Hi. Thanks! Is there anyway to get rid of it, if it is scale from the ph being too high? And it can happen that quickly? �� I have read the link provided. I am trying to get my water in the ranges it says, but it seems we overshot the CH. is that a huge problem? I am planning on...

Hi. So, we are trying to get our hot tub up and running for the winter and I decided to use the tfp way as I had a lot of success with it in the pool this summer. I am having some troubles. One of the main issues we always had with our tub while using the pool store chemicals (Baquaspa) is that...

Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me figure out how to do the tfp way for my hot tub. I started using it in my pool this summer and it's been working great. So, I'd like to try it with the hot tub, but I must admit after reading the above sticky I was pretty confused. So, any suggestions would be...

So, I've passed the oclt and my cc is less then .05, but my pool is still really cloudy, and full of dead algae, despite the filter running constantly for the last week and a half. We've decided to use cellulose powder to help the filter, but I'm a bit confused with how much to add. The...

This morning the FC was 13 and cc was 0. Psi was up to 16 from 15 on the filter. No change in water at all. I thought I'd see some change in the water by now as it has been over 36 hours since I started slamming. I can see all the little particles swirling around in the water.

All the people we know with pools have sand filters. :) I'll be able to go to the pool store Tuesday if I need to, so more patience for me. FC was 13.5 when I checked this evening and cc still .5. still no change in the water at all. Greenish blue and cloudy. I'm a bit worried that we really...

Thanks, we tried our lowes and they don't carry it. They don't even seem to have a pool section. �� We also haven't put our stairs in yet since we had such bad algae initially. We didn't want to have something else to clean. We are planning to build a deck around the pool this...

Just checked again and FC was 15 and CC was still .5. No difference in pool clarity or psi. Not sure we will be able to get any DE this weekend because of the holiday so I guess we just sit tight and let the filter clean. Trying to be patient, but we want to swim!

Ok, so we started slamming yesterday afternoon after fixing ph. We put the pucks in at that time as well. FC last night was 11.5 so I left it alone. Cc were still 3. This morning FC is 16.5 and cc is .5. The water looks exactly the same as when we started. I'm assuming the FC went up because of...

I do have tabs left so I can throw them in now. How many should I use, and once I put them in, that means my shock level is 12 right? Also, where is the best place to get liquid chlorine?

I did wipe the dropper. But I will try it again when I go back outside. How do I raise my cya? It says that slamming isn't recommended when it is at 20. I am totally new to this so I can use any help I can get. Thanks.

Hi all, Found this forum last year but didn't transfer over to this way of treating a pool because my pool was fine. But, after the trouble we've had this year, I remembered this forum and am hoping you can help. So, we ended up with a green mess in early May when we decided to open our pool...

Ah. Posted at the same time. Ok. Guess I'm going to have to wait to get the tester in the mail before I can do anything then. Kind of frustrating that I was told all I needed to do for the algae was shock the pool and use algaecide by the pool place in town. :mad: Feel like we are never going...

I've been reading about SLAMing my pool. I'm wondering if this is what I might need to do. But I have no idea what the CYA level is and don't think I have a tester that tells me that. Is there a place I can buy one online, or would the local pool store have one? Also, it says when SLAMing that...

Hi. Sorry, been out all day! The water is currently a bit cloudy and has some algae in it...it hasn't run enough to clear everything out from winter time. I talked to the pool people again yesterday. Turns out my husband was not back washing when he thought he was, but was actually using the...

Hi! New here. edit...sorry, my title is wrong, that was supposed to say return NOT keeping pressure! We we opened our pool last week. The pool people actually came and did it for us, as this is our first year to open the pool and we wanted to see what we needed to do. Anyway, several hours...