cya drop slam

  1. N

    Should I adjust CYA while Slamming?

    Hello, new pool owner here and trying to figure out the ins and outs. 21 ft above ground pool, around 11,000 gallons. I'm on day 2.5 of slamming and have made good progress, went from green to now a cloudy blue and adjusting chlorine roughly every two hours. Using the Taylor k-2006 kit, my...
  2. jnorin

    Best method/timing to measure FC during a SLAM after CYA dissappearance

    I'm a victim to the CYA disappearance after FC went to zero when the SWG stopped while out of town. Last known CYA was around 40. Given the warm temperatures and sunny days, I'm limited to SLAMming in the evening/overnight so not to lose FC to sunlight given the high SLAM FC levels. After...
  3. Oregonpool214

    If my CYA dropped mid-slam, do I have a new SLAM CHLORINE GOAL?

    The saga continues ..... I‘m a few days into a SLAM from a tadpole oasis to (hopefully) a human oasis, and was seeing cya in the 50-60s. I finally got up to FC of 24 or so last night, but today, midday, had a cya level of ~20-30. Did some reading here and saw that sometimes cya can drop when...