slamming

A week ago I noticed a little bit of algae starting to grow in the corner of our tanning ledge. Then I noticed that my SWG at 100% was not keeping up with the chlorine demands and was constantly 2ppm or less. Once I brushed the algae off it hasn’t returned. Also CC has never been higher than 0.5...

18 foot above ground pool in coastal Mississippi Replaced sand with glass media 1 week ago. Backwashed until clear. I’ve been following TFP since last summer (only 1 year of owning pool so far so still newbie). Last year, I think we had mustard algae and it took me a long time to clear. This...

Hi all! Thank you in advance for any help. This is my second year of pool ownership and I’ve been using the forums the entire time! I appreciate all of the knowledge within the grou. I have been SLAMing the pool for several weeks now and just can’t seem to get to the no visible algae. I’ve...

I am just over a week in of caring for the pool. It has “staining” on the calmer end that comes and goes throughout the day. By end of day it spreads across the bottom of the pool, by morning it is only on the edge. Water has been clear. It does. It come off with the brush but we could scrub it...

Might be too soon to ask for help but this is my first time SLAM’ing our pool. We have a 10K pool. At the start of the SLAM our FC was 0 and CYA was 30 so I added 205 oz of 10% liquid Cl to achieve an FC of 16 ppm. I did all of this after sunset. I waited about 45 minutes to retest just to...

I just finished my 6th day of SLAM'ing my pool and wanted to make sure I am on the right track and not missing something. Was on vacation and came home on Wed, July 26th to a green pool. Talking to neighbors who used it, it wasn't like that 24-48 hours prior. At no point have I seen algae...

Not new to pool maintenance but new to TFP. We’ve had a hard time getting our pool perfectly clear this season. We can see the bottom but the water isn’t sparkling clear. After being totally fed up with the run around at the pool store and a recommendation from a family member who uses TFP we...

TL/DR; A) Does the Chlorine drop test water sample normally turn pink several minutes AFTER doing the FC and CC tests? B) Does a solar cover disrupt the SLAMing process? Details... A) Leslies says I have high CC but ... I am going to attempt my first SLAM for my pool after getting low FC 0.5...

I am on day 22 of SLAM. My water is perfectly clear, but I continue to have FC loss. I started with 7.2 PH and a weak 30 CYA. The pool was a swamp but cleared up perfectly during the SLAM. I have added 155 gallons of 10% bleach! Just re-tested my CYA and the dot never disappeared. I have put 4...

Ok, so in the past I have had to deal with a small black algae outbreak. I was easily able to get it under control with a SLAM. This was maybe a year ago or so. This year I thought maybe the black algae was returning. There are several very small black spots along the shallow end of the pool. So...

Starting a 24' round salt above ground pool. My water is green. My question is WHEN to SLAM during the opening process. Do I balance my other chemicals first? Or only balance a few then slam? Or just slam?

How do I move from my current situation of Shocking my pool to SLAMing it? What do I do with my pool while waiting for my test kit to arrive? Background: We just got our pool & started with trips to the local pool store for testing & supplies. This week they gave me a printout and told me what...

Had recently finished successfully SLAMing my pool. Being that our summer days are limited, want to be able to let the kids back in the pool sooner versus later. After a couple days of days, the pool’s FC is still in the high teens. My question is- When you are done SLAMing and per instructions...

so this is the second year i had my pool. this year i opened it by shocking and flocking. the water was so clear but then a week later it was cloudy and white stuff building up on the bottom and sometimes it could be yellow to green. i then shocked and flocked again and it was good for about 6...

Hello, I need some help. Please be gentle with responding, I am very much still learning as this is only my 2nd pool season. I purchased the Lamotte- ColorQ 2x Pro7. I have been using liquid chlorine (12.5%) and last season I did not touch CYA and listened to the advice of the pool store based...