Lost all chlorine overnight?

[duraleigh]

To end the SLAM, you need to pass three criteria....

1. Your pool water is sparkling and there is no visible algae (dead or alive)
2. Your CC's are .5ppm or less
3. You can hold your FC overnight without losing more than 1ppm.

Look at other pools on the forum and you will see you are failing #1....crystal clear water. Run that pump 24/7 and keep SLAMming until you get this...
That's in 7 feet of water. Not bragging, just showing you that it's easy to do with filtration and adequate chlorine.

 

[MarianParoo]

I may just not be seeing the pics very well, but your water should be crystal clear and it still seems like you have a little way more to go. I say keep going!

 

[pooldv]

Agree, it is a lot better but there is room for improvement. I have pictures of sparkly, clear water in my build thread, link in sig.

 

[censored]

Alright everyone, thanks for crushing my dreams, the SLAM continues HAH!

 

[MarianParoo]

The REAL dream is crystal clear water!!!

 

[censored]

Ok, ok, you guys were right What a difference a day makes!

Not sure if it sparkling yet, but it is definitely clear!

 

[Texas Splash]

Very nice. On a quiet night people won't even be able to tell the pool has water in it.

 

[MarianParoo]

So much better! You go!!! BTW, your bare-feet are driving me crazy. It's maybe 32 degrees here tonight and will get down to 23 and a high of 39 tomorrow. So jealous!

 

[censored]

Thanks Tex & Marian, and everyone else who helped. And Marian, I may be bare-footed, but there is no way I am swimming... the water in my pool might as well be from Northern IL too!!

 

[MarianParoo]

Are you going to do another OCLT? Here is a reminder link: Pool School - Perform the Overnight FC Loss Test (OCLT)

 

[Sunbaby]

I love successful slam pics! WTG

 

[censored]

Thanks Wendy!

Marian, I hadn't lost any FC over night the last couple days I was slamming. I check today and it has been around 2 days since I added bleach and I did have some loss an almost immeasurable amount of CC where for the last couple days my CC was 0. It has been raining the last day though. How will the rain affect my OCLT?

 

[MarianParoo]

Maybe you don't need to do an OCLT then. I was just thinking the water could sparkle more and was trying to hint that you should keep after it a little longer... The pic you sent is a little fuzzy. How do you think the clarity is? Unless it's a torrential rain, it won't make much difference if you do decide to test.

 

[censored]

Here is a link to a high resolution photo, maybe it is the tool I am using to make the pics smaller? I don't know, what do you think about it?

http://i.imgur.com/q31BWqd.jpg

 

[pooldv]

Looks good!

 

[kimkats]

Much better! I bet within a week your pool will look like a jewel! I would keep your FC at the upper end of your FC/CYA level as seen in this chart:

Pool School - Chlorine / CYA Chart

Kim

 

[censored]

Thanks Kim & dv. Kim, you are talking about upperend of target or at the slam level?

 

[kimkats]

With your FC holding so good and your pool looking like it does I am thinking the upper end of target. I think you are done with the SLAM! :sun:

I just want it looking like a jewel now!

Kim

 

[censored]

Thanks Kim! I told myself if this TFP method worked and successfully cleared my green pool I would become a supporting member, so with you saying I am done with SLAM, I just signed up to be a Silver member!

 

[MarianParoo]

How is the sparkle coming?