Recovering from 7” rain with lowering POP

[Jammytoast]

Days out from a sadly historic rain in my town and I’ve been struggling to get back to normal since then.

Here’s a quick rundown:
-A few hours before the storm, pool was clear, balanced and perfect. Epic rain caused overwash into pool. pumped a bit out and ran filter all night

-Day 1: next morning, low salt (well, low everything!). Didn’t have time to test water (flooded basement too!) but dumped in 3G bleach as it was all I had on hand. Skimmer socks lined with brown mud. Ran pump all night

-Day 2: cleaned filter, brushed. Muddy skimmer socks. Greenish blue milky
FC 7.8
CC 0.0
pH 7.0
CYA 50

-Day 3: blue but cloudy
FC 3.0
CC 0.0
pH 7.0
TA 8.0
CYA 30
added Salt back in, brushed,
SLAMed with 6g bleach

Day4
Rained again — could not get out status other than beige film in skimmer socks

Day 5 (today!) blue, cloudy. A little beige film in skimmer socks
FC 8.4
CC 0.0
pH 7.4
CYA 40
Did a morning SLAM and vacuum

tonight, still looks the same. Doing the overnight chlorine test, but just now
FC 7.4
CC .2

**so**
spouse is getting antsy. Wants either pool company or big bottle of Blue stuff.
Other than not jumping on this right away, what am I doing wrong?? Does it take a week to get clear again?

 

[JimMarshall]

If you ended up with a lot of mud in the pool, it could take some time for the filter to clear it up.

What do do you mean you slammed on day 3 and did a “morning slam” on day 5? That’s not how a SLAM Process works.

You take your chlorine to shock level, test several times a day, and maintain it there

 

[Jammytoast]

Thanks—restudied SLAM and realized i wasn’t on top of it as much as needed. I did pass the OCLT but still cloudy. So....keep SLAMing?

 

[Jezza]

You continue the SLAM until all 3 conditions are met

1.) Your water is clear
2.) CC's are 0.5 or less
2.) You pass the OCLT

 

[Jammytoast]

That’s what I thought. Thanks for the help—new to all of this and appreciate the confirmation!