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From my limited experience it really looks like what I've read on threads where the pool has ammonia. It just takes a whole lot of chlorine to get rid of it. I've seen it recommended to test as often as every 30 min when the CCs are high from ammonia. Eventually the CCs will drop from those crazy high levels. An ammonia test would help you to see your progress as far as that's concerned but the "prescription" is...more bleach! ;-)
 
Beens said:
From my limited experience it really looks like what I've read on threads where the pool has ammonia. It just takes a whole lot of chlorine to get rid of it. I've seen it recommended to test as often as every 30 min when the CCs are high from ammonia. Eventually the CCs will drop from those crazy high levels. An ammonia test would help you to see your progress as far as that's concerned but the "prescription" is...more bleach! ;-)
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Exactly what I uncovered from reading them too, Beens, so glad to know I didn't misjudge that! I am trying to SLAM up to a 12, since 10 seems to be only holding but not improving. If I go over 10, I am getting better results somehow with the CCs.

And I doubly appreciate the cowbell reference :) Clearly I'm doing something right because the snarky kid at the grocery store asked me last night "What kind of mess are you trying to clean up?" as I checked out with my shopping cart of bleach ;)
 
lol

From what I've read it doesn't seem like the ammonia "grows" like alage so I'd say all the bleach is going to a good cause. You'll eventually get rid of it all. It just seems to take tons of chlorine and it eats it up really quickly. (if ammonia is what it is)

The best thing to do is just test/dose frequently and hopefully you'll get through it soon!
 
Pool math wants 242 oz of bleach. I had only 150 left. I still have half a tub of DuraChlor that I havent utilized yet. I know it will introduce some CYA to the mix, but since my CYA seems to be on the low side again, is that so ? I can almost address any overage with CYA easier than I can the SLAMing it seems.
 
Metsy, I suspected you had ammonia yesterday when I asked if you could get a test kit from petsmart for ammonia yesterday. If you do have ammonia in the pool (I suspect you do), do not add any CYA until you get the ammonia beat down to nothing. Just keep SLAM'ing the tar out of it.
 
Casey -

You had to have been spot on with your diagnosis. My CCs though - get this - down to 0 - 0.5 - it fluctuates a little. So Ive finally got that under control! Woke up this morning to a FC level of 1 so SLAMing will commence now for the day. I really hope those CCs stay down consistently throughout the day. I bought 21 bottles of bleach yesterday - that should last me a day or so ;)
 
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Casey -

You had to have been spot on with your diagnosis. My CCs though - get this - down to 0 - 0.5 - it fluctuates a little. So Ive finally got that under control! Woke up this morning to a FC level of 1 so SLAMing will commence now for the day. I really hope those CCs stay down consistently throughout the day. I bought 21 bottles of bleach yesterday - that should last me a day or so ;)
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Any improvement in appearance?
 

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Richard - I believe so and so does my husband so we may be getting somewhere! I can easily see dirt and liner pattern specks (through the green/brownish staining from the metal issue). The weather is fighting against us for sure though as it's been cloudy and raining a lot of today. I've tried to maintain the 10 level as best as possible (and even shot it to 11 since I knew we would be gone an hour or so this morning). But overall the clarify is improved from when we started.

Now my concern seems to be focused on fluctuating CCs - is that normal? Some tests are truly clear, some register a .5 - but all stay under that. Is that normal to see that fluctuation? With my CYA registering low again, would it be okay to add another liquid CYA? Maybe that's half the problem too?

I'm praying the SLAM process ends soon. I'm considering draining some and refilling :/
 
Richard320 said:
Fluctuating CCs is normal. The gloomy weather actually helps -- it's easier to vacuum without all the glare.

I'm unaware of your CYA value. Have you been backwashing a lot?
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Not too much. We did it the last time two days ago. We base it on the PSI. The CYA level was up to about a 20 the other night when I first added a 2nd bottle of CYA to the pool. But we also had to fill some water the other day and we have been getting rain as well. When we did the CYA test yesterday it was at. 10. I know target is 30ish but I don't want to overshoot!

My FC has been maintained today mostly because I've been adding it and less because it's being retained!!!
 
Tried an OCLT loss last night - no dice. Went to bed at a 13, woke up to a 4.5. The only reason it was at a 13 is because it was raining and thundering I didnt know if I would be able to get back out to the pool one more time towards the end of the night so I overcompensated. However, that is an improvement to yesterday's wake up number and the pool looks even more clear today. I've been able to see the dirt and particulates at the bottom of the pool for some time now, but could noticably feel a difference to how they looked this morning.

Off to SLAM some more!
 
Just stay with it. It looks like your ammonia problem is over. Good job on that.
Way back on post 7 of this thread I suggested to you the ammonia problem I thought was present. That part of your issues should have been dealt with first and you might be closer to being done with your SLAM. it's all a learning experience though. Just keep following the SLAM process till the three criteria are meet.
Your doing a good job !! ?
 
Jeff -

I do apologize, as I did miss your ammonia mention in the beginning. And of course, it was probably less that I missed it and more that I just didnt know what to do with it. If this happens again, what would I have had to do differently? Piecing it together from the ammonia related comments, would I have gotten the FC down first and then added CYA, rather than having added the CYA to help with the FC?

Better to be armed the next time!
Lorraine

2 gallons of bleach in this morning to get it to a 10. Gonna need more bleach. ;)
 
If it happens again, the ammonia problem, fight it first without adding the CYA until the CC's drop down and you can maintain an FC level somewhat and then add your CYA.
Hopefully you won't have to do it again. ?
 
Finally a day of bright sunshine in NJ! My CCs have been stellar all day. My FC was at 11 around 10:30 this morning, and it was an 8 around 430 this afternoon so I added 1 gallon. It was at a 10 just now with still some lingering sunrays shining on it. I'll test around 830, give it the nightime feeding, and pray for the best in the morning.

My pool is spotless as I skimmed it incessantly all day and my husband vacuumed twice (so we have a level playing field in the morning and we'll know if anything is on the bottom of the pool it fell during the night. Good vibes are welcome and appreciated.

PS - now my pool is spotless but my house is a MESS! ;)
 

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