Hi, from South Australia where we get really hot days in Summer (has hit 46C or 115 Fahrenheit). I started the whole pool journey 6 years ago with a hydroxypure pool (hydrogen peroxide) - 36,000 litres (9510 gallons) - concrete in-ground with glass tiles. In theory, it seemed great but my experience was that algae would grow out of nowhere too many times and chemicals were way too expensive. I was paying for a pool guy from the pool shop that sold me the hydrogen peroxide pool who I found wasn't even turning up half the time despite me paying for it. Anyway, long story short I then recently converted to a trichlor tablet pool and although it has turned green once it was due to my neglect since then. I think the whole problem though is that I have never truly gotten rid of the algae even when converting to a chlorine system pool until now I think I am almost there.
I went to the pool shop last weekend and they sold me Algaecide, defloc, some tablets to put in the skimmer and liquid chlorine.
After visiting this site I realise that I don't need the algaecide, the defloc or the tablet but unfortunately I went ahead and used the defloc and the tablet before visiting this site and realising the error of my ways.
Anyway after visiting TFP I came across the SLAM instructions and went back to the pool shop to get a refund on the Algaecide which fortunately they honoured.
I have been slamming my pool for the last 3 days and have gone from CC of over 10 to yesterday 5.5 to today 1.5 with my FC levels starting to not come down as fast as what they were. Yesterday morning they dropped to 11.5 and today only to 15.5 with a CYA level of 43. One of the biggest problems we have had in Australia is not being able to get the pool testing kits that US patrons talk about on this site but I have come across a company in Queensland called clearchoicelabs which sells a kit which seems to have everything (link here) I need. However today I went back to the pool shop to get some more liquid chlorine to keep my slam levels at the right level and though I would get my pool water tested by them. CYA was at the level I tested but FC I tested at 15.5 - they tested at 11.9 and CC at 0. Again my testing showed 15.5 and 1.5 respectively.
I am going to err on the side of caution and assume I have a CC of 1.5 and keep my pool at a SLAM level required of 17 until my CC stays at 0.5 or below unless anyone here recommends otherwise.
Anyway looking forward to hopefully a trouble free pool moving forward.
I went to the pool shop last weekend and they sold me Algaecide, defloc, some tablets to put in the skimmer and liquid chlorine.
After visiting this site I realise that I don't need the algaecide, the defloc or the tablet but unfortunately I went ahead and used the defloc and the tablet before visiting this site and realising the error of my ways.
Anyway after visiting TFP I came across the SLAM instructions and went back to the pool shop to get a refund on the Algaecide which fortunately they honoured.
I have been slamming my pool for the last 3 days and have gone from CC of over 10 to yesterday 5.5 to today 1.5 with my FC levels starting to not come down as fast as what they were. Yesterday morning they dropped to 11.5 and today only to 15.5 with a CYA level of 43. One of the biggest problems we have had in Australia is not being able to get the pool testing kits that US patrons talk about on this site but I have come across a company in Queensland called clearchoicelabs which sells a kit which seems to have everything (link here) I need. However today I went back to the pool shop to get some more liquid chlorine to keep my slam levels at the right level and though I would get my pool water tested by them. CYA was at the level I tested but FC I tested at 15.5 - they tested at 11.9 and CC at 0. Again my testing showed 15.5 and 1.5 respectively.
I am going to err on the side of caution and assume I have a CC of 1.5 and keep my pool at a SLAM level required of 17 until my CC stays at 0.5 or below unless anyone here recommends otherwise.
Anyway looking forward to hopefully a trouble free pool moving forward.
I would stick with the home testing you are doing with the CCL test kit. It should be the equivalent to the Taylor K-2006 test kit, and that's good for your region. The 
