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  1. cfclay

    Swamp

    Actually...we are further down in the pandemic calendar now, but chlorine is a little bit of a struggle in my town of 20k. Pool stores probably do, but Walmart has zero gallons of bleach today (has smaller sizes of various). I don't use it much, but Lowe's was out when I was getting my family...
  2. cfclay

    Swamp

    It was all I had. TFT or Amazon ain't so quick with shipping with all that's going on lol. I could have thrown bleach in, but how would I even know how to measure it? I was going to shock it based on pool store reading, but Walmart sold out if pool bleach. Everything piled up
  3. cfclay

    Swamp

    FC - 7.92 cc - .15 pH - 7.5 TA- 70 CH - 136 CYA - 37 Salt - 2635 Borates - unknown These are from 24 hours ago. Used an algaecide, 16 oz (never used that either!), And flocculent, left pool pump off and SWG Off ...then vaccuumed to waste .
  4. cfclay

    Swamp

    Thank you I didn't let them talk me into using a flocculate, which I personally never liked.
  5. cfclay

    Swamp

    Ive been in this house and pool for my second year and have never had a problem until this year. I ran a fountain for a short time in the spring after opening and I don't feel like I've never got my PH stable. Now I have a swamp. I would have just SLAM'ed but I let a family member borrow my...
  6. cfclay

    Help with high cyanuric acid

    Another customer messed up at the pool store. I bought my test kit a couple of years ago when my CYA was about the same as yours and Leslie's thought it was about 10. And they didn't know about or have the testing materials for cya that came in the kit, not that I saw anyway. Sent from my...
  7. cfclay

    Newbie Fighting Algae

    Respectfully, I would close the pool and regroup in the spring. All the work and expense to get it clear to close? And never a chance of any use of it now. I know the helpful pool Forum folks will chew me up and spit me out on this one maybe ?, but there is a cost now in your time and...
  8. cfclay

    Why CYA drop?

    Alrighty thanks. I was doing it in full sun. 10 am...and wishing the dot would stay visible for a little bit.? Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk
  9. cfclay

    Why CYA drop?

    Come again? Do you mean the CYA can vary 15 ppm? Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk
  10. cfclay

    Seems to come back again and again

    Just chiming in here so I can see replies. Seems to me that almost surely algae is getting behind and under those plastic steps isn't it. I always get the kids to put on goggles and scrub that stuff out from behind there. In fact the bottom of my steps are the first places I'll note algae...
  11. cfclay

    Why CYA drop?

    Take it easy on me pool Forum gods. I have several posts asking for help. I started with wondering why not just close pool in Arkansas in September- specifically what costs less, operations till water goes 60 degrees or the cleanup of a algae filled pool next spring. You convinced me to...
  12. cfclay

    Does Dichlor lose its effectiveness?

    I've started the Slam process once this week, and then again last night. In both cases there was no overnight loss of chlorine (probably the course of 10 hours) TA:10 Fc: was 5 yesterday morning, brought it up to 20 last night Cya:50 pH: 7.5 Any suggestions on clearing up water?
  13. cfclay

    Does Dichlor lose its effectiveness?

    So I had a beautiful pool for two months straight using bleach only, but it starting getting hot and I wanted to raise my CYA from 40 to 50.... With my Dichlor I had from two years ago. I suspected that when I added some two weeks ago (to give my CYA a slight bump) that it didn't seem to have...
  14. cfclay

    Dollar General Bleach question

    I do business with dollar general in my line of work, I've visited them in 42 states. The bleach is fresh, it's a commodity. Per linear foot – it moves as fast as anything in the store.
  15. cfclay

    Dollar General Bleach question

    Yea, of course I missed the 5 of 25 last weekend! [emoji51]And you know they are going to bump it up to 5 off 30 the more you shop. [emoji6]
  16. cfclay

    Dollar General Bleach question

    Today's price is about 2.25 per gallon for the good stuff when combined with the 2 off 10 coupon and sale price.
  17. cfclay

    Dollar General Bleach question

    Yea, I think this is original strength, not the the 8.25% I used all last summer with those coupons [emoji6]