First time pool startup

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Bperry said:
If you have leaves and other junk in the water, best to get those out with a leaf rake/net. Some people recommend not running the robot in SLAM water but I figure if it’s safe for people it should be safe for robots. I wouldn’t even wait on the brushing to start the SLAM though. If you don’t have a recommended test kit, I’d get one of those on order ASAP and then add 5ppm chlorine to the water until the kit arrives. Then post a full set of test results to figure out how to start your SLAM.
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Okay I just purchased the kit. Currently filling up the pool (it’s not at skimmer level yet). So when I’m able to actually turn the pool on, while I wait for this test kit. Just throw in up to 5ppm of chlorine? Tabs? Powder? Sorry super new to this - trying to do it myself without hiring a pool company.
 
Shtutty said:
Okay I just purchased the kit. Currently filling up the pool (it’s not at skimmer level yet). So when I’m able to actually turn the pool on, while I wait for this test kit. Just throw in up to 5ppm of chlorine? Tabs? Powder? Sorry super new to this - trying to do it myself without hiring a pool company.
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Just get some liquid chlorine (I got mine a home depot but seems walmart is better prices for their pool essentials 10%).

Oh and if you aren't currently use
PoolMath & share your logs so people can help more.
 
clambert1273 said:
Just get some liquid chlorine (I got mine a home depot but seems walmart is better prices for their pool essentials 10%).

Oh and if you aren't currently use
PoolMath & share your logs so people can help more.
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Cool. I mean should I buy in bulk? Will I be needing like 20+ gallons for the slam? Or just buy one until I start the actual slam method
 
Shtutty said:
Cool. I mean should I buy in bulk? Will I be needing like 20+ gallons for the slam? Or just buy one until I start the actual slam method
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No way to know really, from mine it was a lot but mine was also extreme.

Typically, I like to have 10 gallons on hand to start then will pick up chunks as I need.
 
clambert1273 said:
Plaster because I'm sure you don't have straight gunite
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Cool thanks. Also don’t know my exact pool gallons but I was told 35-45k. Pumped to get this going and hoping to learn so I can just do this all myself in the future. Last year was our first season with it (pool is actually super old we just moved here) and I let it go and it was really bad for probably half the season with algae and I had a tiny filter (1/4 the size of what I needed to clear the pool) which couldn’t really filter out all the cloudy dead stuff.
 
Shtutty said:
Cool thanks. Also don’t know my exact pool gallons but I was told 35-45k. Pumped to get this going and hoping to learn so I can just do this all myself in the future. Last year was our first season with it (pool is actually super old we just moved here) and I let it go and it was really bad for probably half the season with algae and I had a tiny filter (1/4 the size of what I needed to clear the pool) which couldn’t really filter out all the cloudy dead stuff.
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You'll be able to narrow down your size as you test, dose, log with the kit
 

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clambert1273 said:
You'll be able to narrow down your size as you test, dose, log with the kit
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Hi!

I just filled up the pool. So prime and run it. Then after that first step is check and manage the PH. Then find out the CYA / slam goal and keep the chlorine level up to slam levels? Should I pour the first chlorine dose in the evening?
 
Shtutty said:
Hi!

I just filled up the pool. So prime and run it. Then after that first step is check and manage the PH. Then find out the CYA / slam goal and keep the chlorine level up to slam levels? Should I pour the first chlorine dose in the evening?
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Did you get your test kit? Can you post a full set of results? That would help...
 
Shtutty said:
Should I just post the results of the chlorine and PH level? Or do I need to do the chlorine drop test, calcium hardness test, TA, and CYA as well?
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don’t use the yellow OTO chlorine test. Use the powder and pink water test for chlorine (FAS-DPD).
 
Bperry said:
don’t use the yellow OTO chlorine test. Use the powder and pink water test for chlorine (FAS-DPD).
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Thank you. So if the solution does not turn pink and I have no chlorine, then I don’t need to test for Free chlorine since there is no chlorine? Sorry this may seem like an obvious question, but as a total noob had to ask.
 

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