Good Morning TFP members from Lake Havasu City AZ (A.K.A. Paradise) a brief history and update
The pool needed to be cared for the day my beautiful woman bought her house, both her and I spent nearly everything we had to get here, and just now starting to get a handle on things.
The pool had finally turned a pea soup green when we were able to get started on the SLAM, not being able to afford a K-2006 or TF 100 we found a test strip kit by hth that would give me the CYA test I needed to get started.
I started the SLAM on Thursday, it has been a long drawn out battle but we're finally winning, the water is nearly crystal clear with algae stains on the walls and some on the bottom, we are brushing the pool 2-3 times a day, the progress has been slow but it's good.
We finally passed the OCLT test this morning
after starting with the hth shock treatment for the first 36 hour we switched to bleach, have gone thru 8.5 gallons so far and things have finally turned for the better.
My numbers as of 6:30 this morning are
FC 10+
PH 7.8
TA 80
TH 400
CYA 30-50
I'll post my next test in a couple hours and pics
Thanks TFP for all of the great information here.
Steve H
The pool needed to be cared for the day my beautiful woman bought her house, both her and I spent nearly everything we had to get here, and just now starting to get a handle on things.
The pool had finally turned a pea soup green when we were able to get started on the SLAM, not being able to afford a K-2006 or TF 100 we found a test strip kit by hth that would give me the CYA test I needed to get started.
I started the SLAM on Thursday, it has been a long drawn out battle but we're finally winning, the water is nearly crystal clear with algae stains on the walls and some on the bottom, we are brushing the pool 2-3 times a day, the progress has been slow but it's good.
We finally passed the OCLT test this morning
after starting with the hth shock treatment for the first 36 hour we switched to bleach, have gone thru 8.5 gallons so far and things have finally turned for the better.
My numbers as of 6:30 this morning are
FC 10+
PH 7.8
TA 80
TH 400
CYA 30-50
I'll post my next test in a couple hours and pics
Thanks TFP for all of the great information here.
Steve H