I got a recurring algae problem in my pool, pool math says i need to use 8 jugs of chlorine should i dump them in all at once or what? It doesn't specify that.
Slamming the pool
- Thread starter Cesar Garcia
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 62,774
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Welcome to the forum!
Hard for us to know. Pool volume, CYA level, current FC level, type of bleach being used are all items we must know to assist you. And the SLAM Process is not one and done. You maintain the SLAM FC level for many days. What test kit do you have?
I suggest you read ABC's of Pool Water Chemistry.
Hard for us to know. Pool volume, CYA level, current FC level, type of bleach being used are all items we must know to assist you. And the SLAM Process is not one and done. You maintain the SLAM FC level for many days. What test kit do you have?
I suggest you read ABC's of Pool Water Chemistry.
25000gal. Plaster/Marcite Iground pool
AquaChek Test Strips
cya not sure right now
Fc 5ppm
PH 7.2
TA 80
4-5leslies tabs weekly
LESLIES 73% CAL HYPO
I had put 4lbs of shock hoping that would clear it up ladt week.
AquaChek Test Strips
cya not sure right now
Fc 5ppm
PH 7.2
TA 80
4-5leslies tabs weekly
LESLIES 73% CAL HYPO
I had put 4lbs of shock hoping that would clear it up ladt week.
- May 3, 2014
- 62,774
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
You need to follow the SLAM Process. To do that, you need a proper test kit. I suggest the TF100 or the Taylor K2006C. A proper test kit is needed to get the accurate water chemistry results needed to follow the TFP protocols.
While you are waiting on your test kit, add 5 ppm FC worth of liquid chlorine / plain bleach to your pool each evening with the pump running. This will replenish the FC lost each day to the sun and also inhibit any algae in the water from growing further.
While you are waiting on your test kit, add 5 ppm FC worth of liquid chlorine / plain bleach to your pool each evening with the pump running. This will replenish the FC lost each day to the sun and also inhibit any algae in the water from growing further.
Can i just take it to Leslie's and get my water checked there i feel like their's is more accurate than test strips.
- May 3, 2014
- 62,774
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
You are welcome to get your tested at a pool store if you want. We will not provide guidance based on that data or off test strip data.
Get your own proper test kit.
Get your own proper test kit.
Slam process says to add 6gals. of liquid chlorine do i add them all at once or at what quantities?
- May 3, 2014
- 62,774
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Once again. Follow my direction in Post 4. We have no idea what your CYA level is, or any of your chemistry data. Get your own test kit.
- Jun 8, 2019
- 4,581
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
I’m sorry, but you’re going to continue to get the same advice from everyone here.
We have had too many instances of people giving us numbers, us giving advice, nothing getting better, and then finding out the test results are from pool stores. Pool stores are often staffed by undertrained and inexperienced employees running tests using equipment that isn’t used correctly and never calibrated.
If you want our advice, we need to get proper information to give it, and that starts with you getting your own proper test kit and letting us know what your numbers are.
If your CYA is truly 100+ (many pool store tests cap at 100 and won’t show anything higher) you likely will need to exchange a large portion of your water. How much will depend on your true CYA level. It could actually be much higher than 100. And if you exchange expecting to get to a good place and find out your CYA is still high, and have to exchange a whole bunch more, you’d be unhappy with our advice.
So, if you want to get a test kit, let us know. Until then there’s not much we can do for you.
So im gonna start the SLAM Process and it say's to put 9lbs of shock do i dump them all at once or by portions?Thank in advance
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Welcome to the forum. I am not sure why you're ignoring advice you are getting while asking for more, but I'll go ahead and lay it out for you:
You cannot perform the SLAM Process using test strips or pool store testing. We will not provide you with further advice based on test strips or pool store testing. If you want further help you'll need to provide us with the data we've requested, asking further questions without providing that data will only get you the same response.
You cannot perform the SLAM Process using test strips or pool store testing. We will not provide you with further advice based on test strips or pool store testing. If you want further help you'll need to provide us with the data we've requested, asking further questions without providing that data will only get you the same response.
So i went out and got this test kit is that one good?
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Surprisingly, yes. Very rare to find the correct one at Leslie's, but that's the one you want.
If you can post up the test results from it in this order:
Free Chlorine (FC)
Combined Chlorine (CC) (the 10 ml test for these is fine, looks like the kit has both the 10 and 25 ml instructions)
pH
Total Alkalinity (TA)
Calcium Hardness (CH)
CYA
We can make sure you get your SLAM off on the right foot. Seeing it through to completion and then following the TFPC guidelines going forward (most notably the FC/CYA Levels ) should eradicate your algae problem once and for all.
- Jun 8, 2019
- 4,581
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
The most important test at the moment is your CYA. If you test and it’s 100 or higher, then mix half pool water, half tap water and test again, multiplying by 2. My suspicion is that you will need to exchange some water, but knowing the CYA level will let us know how much needs to be exchanged.
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