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Original case was documented here: Helping neighbor w/ SLAM - ammonia nightmare? I was expecting my neighbor to have troubles this year based on his CYA, which was 100-120. Tried getting him to put poly 60 in every week as an insurance policy but it didn't work. The ammonia nightmare...

Hi Folks, I learn something new about the pool every year and this year proves to be no exception. I wanted to open early and opened myself this year. I had intended to do a stain treatment with ascorbic acid before swim season started. Chlorine was low and temps were low so thought it...

After finding the forum and going thru a successful SLAM 2 years ago, I thought I knew what I was doing. My neighbor has no technical or mechanical ability whatsoever and still uses the same pool guy I used 2 years ago. Constantly having issues and his water is yet to get clear 1 month after...

Moved in a year or so ago right at pool opening. Prior owner was from family that owned pool business - water was in great shape at opening (crystal clear) - stayed very stable for couple months just popping a few pucks in chlorinator every week. I didn't have time to learn so I was paying...

I was looking for a spreadsheet template to start tracking water quality. I dug up several old ones doing a Google search of TFP site, but had not seen this one so decided to post it for others. I find it very handy to have this on Google docs rather than local PC with Excel because it's more...