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[Megsyperk]

Fantastic job!! We bought a house with a pool last summer and came home from vacation to a green pool. Came here and these awesome folks walked me through my first SLAM too!


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[MarianParoo]

Ha, megsyperk. The fronds in the pool lady! Another success story!

 

[cpeterson70]

Unfortunately we had storms come through several times last night and lots of clouds today, but my sister posted this on Instagram.

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[cpeterson70]

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[MarianParoo]

Ha! A convert in the making!!!! The burgers look great!

 

[kimkats]

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Living the life for sure! YUMMMMMMMMMM Nicely done!

Kim:cat:

 

[cpeterson70]

TA is still up. It was 120 this morning.

We've had two nights of storms. Is there anything I should be doing extra? I'm checking the chemistry and brushing and skimming. Anything else? Positive side, I have not had to add water

 

[pooldv]

Nope, keep doing what you are doing. Pool looks great. Rain will tend to raise PH some through aeration but otherwise rain has little impact on a pool. Continuing to add acid to lower PH will slowly lower your TA over time.

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[JesseSchmidt]

Nice job! I love how the water is so clear you can't tell there is any in there! I'm about to add some water to mine as the storms we were supposed to get the last few days turned out to be just drizzle to light rain. I was hoping a nice heavy shower would fill her back up for me!

Just keep monitoring your chemistry and sit back and enjoy your oasis!

 

[cpeterson70]

I have all my numbers in range:

TA started to turn pink/red at 80 and turned more red at 90. I put 90. Which is correct?

 

[JVTrain]

The endpoint is when the color no longer changes. In your case, I would have added a 10th drop to see if it got any "redder". If it did not, 9 was the endpoint. I would assume 9 drops, 90 ppm in your case.

 

[cpeterson70]

OK. I was planning on keeping it running. Maybe it will finally hit 80 tomorrow?

 

[MarianParoo]

Did you add some FC? 2.5 is a tad low.

 

[cpeterson70]

I will tonight. It seems at the end of the day it is 2.5. Then at night, I add bleach to bring it up to 6. I figured after all day in the sun, that was good??

 

[MarianParoo]

Good on adding FC.

You are still at slam level CYA... Let's see if we can't reduce that daytime loss by bumping your CYA a tad.

Okay, Texans, what is a good CYA for cpeterson? 50 to start?

 

[JVTrain]

I'm no Texan, but I'll answer since most of them are probably a few beers deep by this hour. Working up to 50 ppm would be good for TX and reduce daily FC losses.

 

[MarianParoo]

Hahaha! A few beers deep here in IL too!

50 seems a great starting point and let's see how it goes.

 

[cpeterson70]

OK. I've been working my TA down. Now I will work CYA up.

 

[MarianParoo]

You can do both at the same time.

Btw, sorry we didn't think about raising your CYA before now. I am so glad you are still posting. It worries me that there are others who pass an OCLT and disappear yet still need tweaking.

 

[cpeterson70]

Yes, I put a pound in the skimmer and will check the CYA again tomorrow. According to Pool Math, that should get me to 40. Then I will put more in after that.

We've spent enough on the pool so I want to make sure I'm doing what I need to. I thought I understood before, but quickly found out how much more complicated this is...or I should say, there is much more to learn than I thought.

Y'all got me to clear water...I will continue to listen and learn.