I just wanted to share what everyone on the forum already knows - SLAM method works.
We purchased a house that came with a pool. A pool was never on our wishlist, however the house was perfect in every other way and we thought we could manage. We got a professional pool guy to open our pool. His advise was to:
- level pH, algaecide and shock once a week
- use stabilized pucks every three days
- skim, vacuum and broom once a week
- backwash when operating pressure is above 8
I never used the algaecide. It didn't make sense to me. Why does algae need special treatment when all other organics are killed with chlorine? Anyways, all went well, until our pump one-day stopped working. Pool remained inoperative for 5 days before pump got replaced by the same pool tech. He didn't mention a single word about the green swamp. I asked him how to get it back to blue and he said to just run the pool as normal and it will resolve. It did not resolve.
After a week of research, I started the slam method with bleach and Cal-Hypo. I had to drain 30% of the pool and refill to get the CYA level to below 50. I had to to add 1lb of.pH minus to get the pH from 8.4 to 7.2. It took me 32 gallons of bleach and 2lbs of Cal-Hypo in chemicals over 5 days. The pool just gobbled up the chemicals over the first three days. I barely bad to dose on the last two days. I vacuumed the pool every other day and brushed the pool once a day. I tested chlorine levels every 2 hours and dosed to maintain. I now have crystal clear water. I am maintaining chlorine levels with bleach.
We purchased a house that came with a pool. A pool was never on our wishlist, however the house was perfect in every other way and we thought we could manage. We got a professional pool guy to open our pool. His advise was to:
- level pH, algaecide and shock once a week
- use stabilized pucks every three days
- skim, vacuum and broom once a week
- backwash when operating pressure is above 8
I never used the algaecide. It didn't make sense to me. Why does algae need special treatment when all other organics are killed with chlorine? Anyways, all went well, until our pump one-day stopped working. Pool remained inoperative for 5 days before pump got replaced by the same pool tech. He didn't mention a single word about the green swamp. I asked him how to get it back to blue and he said to just run the pool as normal and it will resolve. It did not resolve.
After a week of research, I started the slam method with bleach and Cal-Hypo. I had to drain 30% of the pool and refill to get the CYA level to below 50. I had to to add 1lb of.pH minus to get the pH from 8.4 to 7.2. It took me 32 gallons of bleach and 2lbs of Cal-Hypo in chemicals over 5 days. The pool just gobbled up the chemicals over the first three days. I barely bad to dose on the last two days. I vacuumed the pool every other day and brushed the pool once a day. I tested chlorine levels every 2 hours and dosed to maintain. I now have crystal clear water. I am maintaining chlorine levels with bleach.
