Making good progress, visibility is still low but I don't think there was as much debris in there as I originally thought. Trying to encourage all the frogs to escape before the SLAM.
Should I replace my liner
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Awesome. Focus on the crud as you get lower and can see it better. With my own SLAM it was sloooooowly improving and once I could see the last bit of crud (and subsequently got it out), Almost instantly *POOF*, blue again. The higher FC no longer attacked the crud and spent all its effort on the water.
It will be the proverbial ‘turning the corner’. You’ll still have to filter out whatever is killed, but the leap forward in progress is night and day. Then it simply becomes a matter of waiting while the filter does it’s thing, and keeping the filter clean so it can keep doing it’s thing. It’s much easier to swallow when you see the finish line in the distance.
It will be the proverbial ‘turning the corner’. You’ll still have to filter out whatever is killed, but the leap forward in progress is night and day. Then it simply becomes a matter of waiting while the filter does it’s thing, and keeping the filter clean so it can keep doing it’s thing. It’s much easier to swallow when you see the finish line in the distance.
I just talked with a water hauler and he said I should get 30 gallons of bleach from the dollar store and some algaecide and he will help get me started on the cleaning tomorrow. Is there a risk of adding too much FC without knowing my CYA levels? My test kit wont get here for a few more days.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 53,847
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Skip the algaecide. Algaecides do nothing once you have algae. And some algaecides contain unwanted chemicals.
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Chlorine is the magic potion that clears algae. You need to follow our SLAM Process
Adding too much chlorine for your CYA level will bleach your liner. So follow the FC/CYA Levels
Algaecide - Further Reading
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Chlorine is the magic potion that clears algae. You need to follow our SLAM Process
Adding too much chlorine for your CYA level will bleach your liner. So follow the FC/CYA Levels
Best to keep cleaning any debris and just keep adding FC multiple times a day lightly as it will burn up fast with algae. If liner is still ok you will bleach it if you just dump heavy as Allen points out
For a pool your size I would suggest adding two gallons of liquid chlorine per day and brushing it while you wait for your test kit to arrive. Two gallons is not too much, yet can give you a start in the task at hand. It won't bleach your liner either.
Maddie
Maddie
I have 0 levels of CYA and FC. I added 1.89 gal of liquid bleach and set the pump to recirculate. My next project is to understand the plumbing set up I have.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 53,847
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Water will clear from the shallow area and you will slowly get to see deeper into the pool.
It's day 5 of the SLAM. If I Backwash back into the pool is that completely defeating the purpose of process? I'm losing a fair amount of water due to backwash and definitely buying a lot of chlorine.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 53,847
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
You don't want to backwash into the pool. That just dumps the dead algae you filtered out back into the pool.
Chlorine is the active ingredient that kills the algae. Depending on how bad your algae bloom is you can go through many gallons of chlorine.
We have seen SLAMs that have went on for a few weeks. Be patient.
Chlorine is the active ingredient that kills the algae. Depending on how bad your algae bloom is you can go through many gallons of chlorine.
We have seen SLAMs that have went on for a few weeks. Be patient.
No, as a backwash is removing schmutz from the filter that you don't *want* in your pool.
Thanks for the perspective, If I pause the SLAM and just focus on netting out debris am I at risk of undoing all the chemical reaction that has taken place?
If you pause the SLAM the remaining algae put on their cologne and best rodeo belt buckles and go about reproducing again. You can almost lose all you've accomplished so far.
Maddie
Maddie
You want to do both. There are pool companies that have cleaning setups to do this efficiently but costs alot more. Just pick away at it you will get there
After brushing, I'm typically seeing lots of brown clouds in the water, I (assume) hope this is dead algae. I've resorted to pushing everything down to the hopper in hopes that I can clear up the water near the surface gain some visibility and do more targeted scooping. does this sound like a good plan?
Yup. It’s basically like sweeping up the garage. Get it to one general spot and dust pan/ scoop it outta there. Either way it still has to go.
The brushing will perform double duty to scrub the walls/floor as well.
I've drained mine, second season I didn't use any cover and it was slimy, leaves, etc - in hindsight I could of probably shocked and cleaned. but I drained it, got down in and it and pulled all the crud up using 5 gal pails. Super slipper and I fell more than once, straight back. That reason alone I won't drain it ever again. The liner did bunch up in a few places, but after I filled it, within a few days it filled out and no wrinkles. I do have one floor wrinkle and that might of been part of the draining, but if I remember right that happened prior to the spring I drained it.
Yesterday when I woke up I noticed that the water level had dropped after running the pump on recirculate all night, so cut the pump off and I devoted a good amount of time adding water all day. This morning I woke (pump still off) up and it had lost about an inch overnight. It's been colder and raining here the past few days so I cant spot any signs of a leak anywhere. For my size pool that's about 400 gals, so I'm losing at a rate of about 40 gals/hr. The water level is currently sitting right in the middle of the lower intake hole. I've been using that port to run water through the system because I got too low to use the skimmer intakes.
I really don't think I cut the liner netting out debris, so I'm worried I could have damaged the plumbing running on the lower intake port. Have any of you all ever experienced anything like this? Thanks you for your advice.
I really don't think I cut the liner netting out debris, so I'm worried I could have damaged the plumbing running on the lower intake port. Have any of you all ever experienced anything like this? Thanks you for your advice.