So I started the SLAM on Friday. We had let our pool go last year after learning of a leak in the return lines. We are ready to do the repairs and need to get it clean. When I started the tests were FC 0, CC 0, CYA (below 30 likely 0), PH 7.8 (let me know if you need the others I wrote them down just don't have them in front of me). I brought the PH down to 7.2 as recommended and put stabalizer in a sock in the skimmer as recommended and got started. Brought FC up to 10 and kept brining it up every 30 min to an hour. Filter (DE Hayward Progrid 48) has run almost non-stop. Backwashed twice so far. The FC level held overnight last night but we were gone most of the day and I came home and it tested at 0! I brought it back up but I have a feeling its burning off the chlorine since CYA is so low.
Am I trying in vain if we didn't bring the CYA up before starting the slam? Is it just not getting out of the sock?
It has turned the milky aqua color and I have gotten as much debris off the bottom as I can without seeing. I have been brushing it twice a day as well. Debating doing the clarifier and vacuuming or just keep letting the filter do its job. Thanks for any and all advice!
Am I trying in vain if we didn't bring the CYA up before starting the slam? Is it just not getting out of the sock?
It has turned the milky aqua color and I have gotten as much debris off the bottom as I can without seeing. I have been brushing it twice a day as well. Debating doing the clarifier and vacuuming or just keep letting the filter do its job. Thanks for any and all advice!