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Thank you all for all the help and special thanks to @mknauss!!!! These are before and after pics. yeah, I've just bought a robot too.

Hooray!! I'll report how did it go

CYA at about 40 now, it's a bit hard to tell with that dot test. pH is 7.3. FC dropped to 8.5 by the the end of the day yesterday. It's definitely drops much slower once I jacked up CYA. Are you saying I can go swimming at that high-ish level of FC?

I believe my SLAM is over: FC fell for 0.5 over night, CC is undetectable, water is clear. FC is 13.5. CYA is 30. pH is 7.4 (increased a bit from 7.2 that I had in the beginning of SLAM). TA is 50. TA looks a bit low, should I raise it? The PoolMath says to add 6.8 oz by volume of baking soda...

Here comes my CYA - I've poured 3 gallons of Instant Conditioner by Natural Chemistry and I can still see the dot at 30ppm but barely. I am going to add another half a gallon, maybe more, tomorrow as my ideal level is 40-50.

I see about FC and CYA. Thanks. I'll find liquid CYA this time, no more messing with sock method - it takes days to dissolve. Oh, I found a small amount of CYA in a sock, is there a way to test if it's CYA? You were asking before if I had any left.

I started SLAMing on previous Sat night (06/06) and I've been on it ever since. The water is very clear now, CC is 0.5, yesterday's overnight FC loss was 1.5 so I am getting very close. I've used an insane amount of liquid chlorine. CYA though is still my concern as it's nowhere to be found...

I see, FC should be 24 then. Thanks.

Wait, I do not really know my CYA level, which FC shock level I should use?

Alright I'll start today

What should I do now, start slamming? My pH is high though.

I poured 4 gallons of 10% liquid chlorine, after 15 min FC was 11, CC was 1.6.

So the first 10lb of CYA I bought online, it's In The Swim brand. Picture of it is in my first post on this page from May 14th. Then I bought another 8lb from local Leslie's store, I do not have a picture of it but I can take it tomorrow if necessary. What do I do now? My pool is green the...

Oh, I previously shocked it with Cal Hypo, 20lb total.

Nothing is left of CYA, only packaging. So borax might have been in the mix with CYA? The packing does not say there is any borax in it.

Definitely cyanuric acid. I posted a pic of it in my first post. pH - not sure if it was expected, but it's been a lot of raining here. So should I lower pH? More concerning, what do I do with CYA? thanks

Just tested: pH is 8+, TA is 60. pH is high so I bought a gallon of 31.5% muriatic acid. CYA is In The Swim brand. Why CYA is not showing up on a test?

I have dissolved a total of 18lb of CYA but I can still see the dot. I use sock method, pump is running non-stop and etc... This is frustrating. Do you know where does CYA go?

Ah that was tested in store... which should be ignored. I'll checkout TF100, thanks.

It was 5ppm before I started adding stabilizer, supposedly it's 33 ppm now but it does not look like it to me. Yes, I use sock method and it took 48 hours for it to dissolve completely. What test do you use for CYA?

I added a total of 8.5 lb of stabilizer (7.5 then another pound) but CYA level is nowhere to be seen. Can you take a look at the pics. I follow the instructions, they are not even that difficutl for CYA test. Did I underestimate the size of the pool? I would expect the test mix would be...

I got it thanks.

Great job on testing. - THX I've been scouring liquid chlorine for SLAM. So far i've got 13 gallons, which is prob not enough for my pool so I'll keep looking while I raise my CYA. Q: what is the sock method? Do I use my gold toe or a basket sock? googling is giving me different answers, some...

i got it about the store testing. they do use the electronic machine.

I noticed, I spent 400+ over the prev two weekends. I was not good with chemistry in school so i figured i'd go ask store guys.

Unbelievable but my results are somewhat different: FC 0.2 CC 0.4 pH 7.0 - I took it three times from diff parts of the pool, attached to double check with you that i am not just seeing things. TA 40 CYA 0 - I could see the dot at the bottom even I filled the bottle to the brim. CH 360 So you...

I am not in So Cal, in NC. website inserted my location (wrongly) but I fixed it. I've bought a test, it's in my sig. I am gonna go check the levels using my test kit but the results will not be far off. I've already compared my results with store results before. So, should I: 1. Increase CYA...

I have a green pool and like many other poor souls I went to my local pool store for advice and chemicals. They sold me Green To Clean and Cal-Hypo and gave me the instructions which I followed to the letter but my pool was still green. I went to the store for the second time and, per their...