Bought a house with a pool d a spa. First time I ever owned a pool. It's inbound and has a Hayward sand filter with the valve on top. The pump is a hayward as well. There was a lot of organic debris on the bottom once we took the cover off. Had a pool company come out and "open" the pool. They put some metal out and shocked the pool and vacuumed it. The ph has been reading 8 and the Cy is 5. The FC is low as well. I assume the I need to get the ph in the 7.2 range then bring the Cy up to 60 so that I can Slam the pool.
First Pool
- Thread starter geoking
- Start date
- Jun 24, 2021
- 15,880
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
Welcome to TFP!!!
What kit are you using to test?
No need to raise CYA to 60. 30 is plenty for SLAM. Print this out...Link-->SLAM Process
What kit are you using to test?
No need to raise CYA to 60. 30 is plenty for SLAM. Print this out...Link-->SLAM Process
The SLAM level means that I need to raise my FC to that number? Cya is 20 I need to bring my FC to 10?
- Feb 6, 2015
- 7,807
- Pool Size
- 12300
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
Provide a link to that test kit of post a picture of the test kit.
Leslies sells a few different test kits - and most don't include the testing reagents necessary to maintain your pool using TFP methods.
- Feb 6, 2015
- 7,807
- Pool Size
- 12300
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
SLAM Process
It is recommended to have a starting CYA of 30 (unless the CYA is already higher than 30).
Use the FC/CYA Levels chart to determine the correct FC at your CYA for the SLAM Process.
It is recommended to have a starting CYA of 30 (unless the CYA is already higher than 30).
Use the FC/CYA Levels chart to determine the correct FC at your CYA for the SLAM Process.
- Jun 24, 2021
- 15,880
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
Great kit. Raise your CYA to 30 and start slam.
Once the sock with CYA hits the pool, your FC Target is 12.
Once the sock with CYA hits the pool, your FC Target is 12.
Can I add the chlorine while the Cya is in the sock? Does it matter what type of sock?
Add the chlorine, no need to wait for sock to empty. Any sock or stocking with only 1 hole (ankle hole that will be tied off) can work.
CreedenceTapes
Gold Supporter
Dollar-store panty hose works, too, if you don't want to sacrifice a sock to the pool gods.
Lol. Glad you have sense of humor. So I have my ph level at 7.5 now so I can start to raise my cya which is at 20. My wife (and me, lol) are a little nervous about the chemistry and took a sample to a pool store and the phosphates reading was 1810.( The pool store said that if we lowered them the FC would come up) I read on TFP that phosphate doesn't matter as long as I get my FC in range. Except for rare and unusual situations. What would a rare or unusual situation be?
Phosphates are plant food (algae). Algae needs to survive getting in the door (pool) before it can sit down in the kitchen and start eating. Proper FC levels for your CYA act as a good bouncer for algae and therefore your fridge will never be raided if you maintain your FC levels.
Trust your testing when using your K2006. If you have questions or concerns, post here and we'll get you sorted out. BTW, would recommend changing your signature to K2006 test kit not leslie's.
Trust your testing when using your K2006. If you have questions or concerns, post here and we'll get you sorted out. BTW, would recommend changing your signature to K2006 test kit not leslie's.
CreedenceTapes
Gold Supporter
Bad idea. You'll soon trust your own testing more than a pool store, and you'll be 100% justified in doing so.
A touch high, if true, but their testing is not even remotely reliable. Remember, also, that phosphates are measured in parts per billion, not parts per million. If you're really concerned about it, you can get a Taylor K-1106 kit. It won't pretend to have the kind of granularity the pool store test pretends to have, but it will be reliable. This wiki entry is informative and reliable.
FC comes up by adding chlorine. I'm not aware of any mechanism by which lowering phosphates would increase FC, but I'd be willing to defer to more knowledgeable members on that topic. I'd actually appreciate being educated on such a thing, if it exists.
Treating high phosphates is 100% optional. I like @bobloblaw42's analogy above (and username). I might go even stronger than "bouncer", though, and say "assassin".
If you had a difficult time maintaining a good FC to CYA ratio. But that would be rare and unusual. If you don't have to be away from your pool much, and you stick to liquid chlorine (dichlor or trichlor tablets only when you're going out of town and only when your water has room for the CYA), you're not going to have any problems with a good FC to CYA ratio.
CreedenceTapes
Gold Supporter
I'll be stealing this and acting like I was clever enough to come up with it on my own.