I've been messing with my pool for 3 weeks now. The first week and a half I was doing a blind slam. I didn't have the TFP test kit so I just shocked the Crud out of it. This worked! It went from total swamp full of leaves to light cloudy blue in a week. Awesome.
Test kit comes and I continue the slam for another week. Basically doing the same thing I already was except I was wasting a lot of chlorine. Nothing has changed int he last week. I'm vacumming, scrubbing, backwashing, etc.
So I decide it's time to floc. I need to do a bit of a water replacement anyways so I figured this is a great way to drain some and replace. I used "In the Swim" Super floc out. It's something I got on Amazon last year when we first got the pool. It said I could double the dose, so I did. I was excited to finally see the bottom of the pool and get this dead suspended algae out. I waiting for the next morning.
IT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. How is this possible? I cant turn my filter back on because I know it will wreck my sand. I can't vacuum it because I still can only see about 8 inches below the surface. What do I do now? Go get some more from the store and do it again?
Test kit comes and I continue the slam for another week. Basically doing the same thing I already was except I was wasting a lot of chlorine. Nothing has changed int he last week. I'm vacumming, scrubbing, backwashing, etc.
So I decide it's time to floc. I need to do a bit of a water replacement anyways so I figured this is a great way to drain some and replace. I used "In the Swim" Super floc out. It's something I got on Amazon last year when we first got the pool. It said I could double the dose, so I did. I was excited to finally see the bottom of the pool and get this dead suspended algae out. I waiting for the next morning.
IT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. How is this possible? I cant turn my filter back on because I know it will wreck my sand. I can't vacuum it because I still can only see about 8 inches below the surface. What do I do now? Go get some more from the store and do it again?