Man, you guys are really watching me! LOL My wife picked it up and after a quick glance at the bottle I thought it was liquid last night, when I grabbed it today I found out it is granuals after all. I have to add 68 ounces....should I do second sock in shallow skimmer and/or just keep refilling sock over several days?
Green pool upon opening and still green on day 6....
- Thread starter kc_pool
- Start date
- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,861
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
I would simply use a second sock (white) and let them both start hanging/soaking near a return jet. After about 30 minutes, start squeezing them frequently and you'll see all the powder start to come-out. The more squeezing the better.
So far so good guys. Thanks again for everyone's help. I will post a pic tomorrow and provide an update. Should I be doing anything to prepare to turn it back into a salt water pool after SLAM is completed?
- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,861
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
Nothing else to do right now except maintain the SLAM FC, sweep, brush, etc. After the SLAM, when you have pass all 3 SLAM criteria, then we'll walk you through modifying your levels for the SWG. Easy stuff. 
LOL If knew your wife had picked it I would have KNOWN for sure it was the powder! If she is anything like me she would pick the cheaper one for sure! LOL
Kim :cat:
Yes, she has been a big help on this....except when it came to squeezing the sock during stabilizer addition.....that was all me for that long hour! LOL
SLAM is going well so far....after prepping pH and CYA to appropriate levels I brought FC to 12 on initial SLAM late afternoon yesterday and it held when I checked around 8pm last night. This morning it had dropped only to 10 so I added bleach accordingly. I plan to check again in a few hours and will post a new pic around this time which will be 24 hours after I began the process.
I'm waiting for sun to come out to get a decent pic. In the meantime I did backwash and it seems that the 2 backwash cycles I've done since I started 24 hours ago are much lighter than they were in the preceeding days. I thought they might be really green with the progress I'm making....can I assume that the bleach is killing the algae in the pool before it even gets to the filter?
- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,861
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
That's correct. The bleach will begin to turn algae white to the point it dies and will be vacuumed and backwashed. That's a good sign, but don't let up. Make sure to maintain that FC level and give it the "One, Two, Punch" knockout and pass all 3 SLAM criteria.
You got it! What we usually say is the chlorine kills the algae and the filter collects the dead.
All of a sudden too, the change will be quicker and more noticeable. It takes a few days to see a real difference, and then it really speeds up, but stay with it. That was my experience in helping some friends do it (Luckily I found TFP right from the start and have never had a green pool to deal with myself).
Here is link to pic of Day 2. Was hoping for sun to come out to compare better, but apparently no sun in K.C. today.
http://s1172.photobucket.com/user/avisben/library/
http://s1172.photobucket.com/user/avisben/library/
I'm sure I am late to the party, but I was going to post something similar to this. My pool was worse than this one. I had been really struggling with it, and was going broke at the pool store. Once I got my test kit and began doing things the TFP way it cleared up in no time.
LOL we teased him ^^^^^ that there was the Creature from the Black Lagoon in it! LOL
Kim
Kim
It's been almost 48 hours and I'm shocked how well it's holding it's FC level. Upon inception on Sunday I added about 1.5 bottles of bleach and 1/3 bottle two different times yesterday. As of this morning FC level is holding at 12.5. Sun is just coming up so hope to post a pic in a few hours.
MUCH lighter for sure! Now to get it to the gray color THEN start on the blue coloring!
Kim:cat:
Kim:cat:
You are headed in the right direction, and will have a clear beautiful pool in no time!
LOL @ Kim! It was the black lagoon for sure. still can't believe I went in that mess to retrieve the vac head!
LOL @ Kim! It was the black lagoon for sure. still can't believe I went in that mess to retrieve the vac head!
Coming up on 72 hours since I started the process pre-SLAM and then SLAM. I've added 2.5 bottles of bleach and FC has never been below 10 with 12 as the target. We did receive about 2 inches of rain overnight. Is it time to test CYA again? Any other tests I should run after 3 complete days? Thanks!
- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,861
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
If your water is clear and looking good, you may be getting to the point where it's good to not only verify your FC, but also the CCs (combined chlorine). If the water is very clear, FC holding well in the day and CCs less than .5 ppm, you may want to consider doing an overnight test per the Pool School - Perform the Overnight FC Loss Test (OCLT) page.