I need help with algae!
- Thread starter Hwilliams4
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I'm at 17.5 now and will leave the house in 30 minutes and be gone till dark. Should I add some more before I leave or leave it alone until I get back tonight or in the morn?
- Mar 24, 2014
- 2,455
- Pool Size
- 32000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool SJ-55
Keep brushing those walls! Keep your FC up to SLAM level.
How's your filter pressure?
Yip
How's your filter pressure?
Yip
16.5 this check. Pressure is about 9.
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I should have asked this before now I guess. There is a hot tub. Should I be doing anything different for it?
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I should have asked this before now I guess. There is a hot tub. Should I be doing anything different for it?
Is the hot tub water mixing in with pool water and getting the benefit of the high chlorine too?
Does the hot tub show any algae and can you brush it also just to make sure all the chlorinated water hit all the sides too?
Ok, make sure you add some of your chlorine in there too directly and brush. It would be easy I imagine to neglect the spa and focus on the pool so I'm glad you brought this up. Algae likes the warm water and grows well there.
Yip
I feel like this isn't working. I'm rechecking the cya to make sure I'm using the correct slam level. I can still see green in hard to get to brushing areas. And I can't get it to stay around the 16 it's supposed to be.
You have only been at this 3 days. That it won't stay at 16 is a good thing, it means the chlorine is being used up killing the bad stuff in your water.
Here is what you need to concentrate on:
Test FC
Add bleach to increase FC back to 16
Wait one hour
Test FC
Add bleach to increase FC back to 16
Test FC
Add bleach to increase FC back to 16
Test FC
Add bleach to increase FC back to 16
Somewhere in there brush the pool at least once a day. If you see the algae, try to concentrating the brushing in it. The algae can develop a bio-film that is resistant to the chlorine, but brushing breaks this down and allows the chlorine to kill the algae.
POP - Pool Owner Patience. This is a marathon, not a sprint.
Ok, I didn't realize it was this lengthy of a process. Makes me feel better. Although we'll have to go out of town for a funeral in the near future. Not sure how that will effect my progress.
I have been right at 16 all day today. That's where it was when I got up this morning and hasn't changed. I can still see a little green on the grout. And when I brush the bottom it clouds up brown.
When is the slam done?
I've been doing the slam for probably three weeks, can someone give me all the rules of how to know you're done?
I've been doing the slam for probably three weeks, can someone give me all the rules of how to know you're done?
- Jun 22, 2014
- 52,017
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
Re: When is the slam done?
The 3 criteria are:
- Water clear
- CCs .5 or less
- Pass the overnight (OCLT) test (no loss of more than 1 ppm of FC overnight)
3 weeks is a long time. If you have any history on the SLAM you've been doing, or another thread posted, we'll look or try to assist.
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I think this is your other thread: I need help with algae! - Page 3 I'll take a look.
The 3 criteria are:
- Water clear
- CCs .5 or less
- Pass the overnight (OCLT) test (no loss of more than 1 ppm of FC overnight)
3 weeks is a long time. If you have any history on the SLAM you've been doing, or another thread posted, we'll look or try to assist.
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I think this is your other thread: I need help with algae! - Page 3 I'll take a look.
- Jun 22, 2014
- 52,017
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
Re: When is the slam done?
Heather, I just re-read your other thread and see if you received a lot of great advise in early April when you first started, then it sounded like you may have to break for a while for a funeral. The last post was on the 10th. So if you have some specific updates for us, let us know what's happening okay. Yippee, Mr. Bruce, and many others who watch will be happy to continue helping. For efficiencies' sake, I'm going to combine this thread with your old one okay? It's best we keep everything together.
Heather, I just re-read your other thread and see if you received a lot of great advise in early April when you first started, then it sounded like you may have to break for a while for a funeral. The last post was on the 10th. So if you have some specific updates for us, let us know what's happening okay. Yippee, Mr. Bruce, and many others who watch will be happy to continue helping. For efficiencies' sake, I'm going to combine this thread with your old one okay? It's best we keep everything together.
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