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Dawnamie

Dawnamie

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Mar 14, 2022
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Kauai
Pool Size
30000
Surface
Plaster
Chlorine
Salt Water Generator
SWG Type
Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Okay I’m a little freaked about SLAMing my pool. My pool is 30k and on the shock it says to just add 3 gallons of liquid chlorine but if I shock using the SLAM method I need to add almost 7 gallons. I did OCLT last night and my levels went from 5.5 to 5. Do I just do the SLAM? How soon can my kids swim again. My pool isn’t super green just not as clear as usual.
 

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Safe to swim during SLAM - you'd likely want to wait 20-30 minutes after liquid chlorine additions.
My kids swim at FC levels that would freak most people out - without goggles, with no issues.

Your OCLT results don't suggest you need to SLAM - when was the last time the filter was cleaned?
 
I just cleaned it last night and I clean it once a week normally and brush my pool at least once a week. My only concern is that I see dead algae on the bottom of my pool. I’m very ocd about testing my water and my chlorine level is never under 4ppm. I dumped 3 gallons of liquid chlorine in and I’m going to run the pump for 24 hrs to see if that helps and vacuum out dead stuff. If that doesn’t work I will go from there.
 
Dawnamie said:
Okay I’m a little freaked about SLAMing my pool. My pool is 30k and on the shock it says to just add 3 gallons of liquid chlorine but if I shock using the SLAM method I need to add almost 7 gallons. I did OCLT last night and my levels went from 5.5 to 5. Do I just do the SLAM? How soon can my kids swim again. My pool isn’t super green just not as clear as usual.
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Safe is really dependent on the CYA content and as long as it's within the limits you're golden.
 
Okay thanks for all the help just added the 7 gallons of liquid chlorine recommended by pool math with my cya levels. I will test levels in 30 minutes. Question is it okay to put my auto vac back in the pool now? This way it will get sanitized too.
 
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