Been in a slam mode for 2 weeks. With all the backwashes, rain, feel like I need to add more cya. I am understanding by reading if algae is still in pool you cannot get an accurate reading. Pool is still cloudy and I started with a swamp. When I started 0 and added to a 30. CYA testing is the trickiest to me. Please and thanks.
Cya
- Thread starter blsobx
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 59,730
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
You can test CYA at most any time. Fill the CYA test vial with your pool water. Can you see the dot? If so, the water is not cloudy enough to impact the test.
Are you following the SLAM Process? Two weeks is quite a while for it to take to completion.
Are you following the SLAM Process? Two weeks is quite a while for it to take to completion.
Cloudy is after the stuff may be dead. Mine was cloudy for 3 weeks after it was slammed. I wait for rain water as I have a well, and need tons of water to flush it out with. It's as good as ever now.
Cloudy doesn't mean algae. At least if it's a blue ish pool and white ish cloud.
1 day after slamming mine, it turns blue and cloudy till I flush 1000s of gallons of water out.
Cloudy doesn't mean algae. At least if it's a blue ish pool and white ish cloud.
1 day after slamming mine, it turns blue and cloudy till I flush 1000s of gallons of water out.
- May 3, 2014
- 59,730
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Please follow the SLAM Process. Cloudy means algae. And flushing water out does not kill the algae.
mguzzy
Gold Supporter
Can you post a pic? Keep your FC at the target. the last phase can be torture and is usually when the effects of hidden algae revealed. Are there flaps in the seams on your pool walls?
- May 3, 2014
- 59,730
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
It it is dead, it was recently alive. If it was simply dead algae, it would clear in several hours to a day.
It looks cloudier in person. I do have flaps and have been brushing. It’s hard to vacuum when you can’t see what’s there. I have vacuum to waste.
This is what I started with on June 2.
Yes I am aware of complete slam process, and will continue.
- May 3, 2014
- 59,730
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Something else is going on if you have been following the SLAM Process for two weeks.
Be sure you read the article to properly follow the process.
Be sure you read the article to properly follow the process.
What are the other things that I might need to check for the cloudiness?
mguzzy
Gold Supporter
Have you tried deep cleaning your sand filter?
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I have done that twice.Have you tried deep cleaning your sand filter?
Deep Cleaning a Sand Filter
This post will walk you through the anatomy of a sand filter, and then provide a video at the end for how to deep clean your sand filter. The filter used in the photos and videos is a Hayward S180T top mount sand filter. The images are of a similar filter. Obviously not all filters are...
- May 3, 2014
- 59,730
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Are you following the SLAM Process? Are you testing and adding chlorine many times each day? With what your water looks like, every 1-2 hours would be a good place to start. Are you brushing every day?
Ribbod
Well-known member
My SLAM lasted 3 weeks.. And I started with a green pool... I was very intentional with testing and adding LC to SLAM every 2 hours.. For me, the last 7-10 days when my pool was cloudy, it took forever- I just had to be patient and consistent.. You will get there
Thanks. When I first started I did once an hour then went to every 2 hours for 4 days and then moved to 3-4 times a day. Doing brushing everyday. Going back to every 2 hours.