Water Looks Perfect, but Chlorine dropping quickly

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Thank you for the quick responses. I don't doubt all of the advice being give. I'm just getting frustrated with my current position and I am not a wealthy man, so buying $6 gallons has started to hurt a bit.

The only pool store results were the alkalinity, phosphates, metals and TDS. I don't currently have a way to test for some of those things with my Taylor K-2006. I forgot to change my alkalinity from the pool store results from 88 to the current 90.

I will begin SLAM'ing after work today and raise it back to 20 ppm.

Is it unusual to anyone to need to SLAM for more than 3 days for clear water?
 
Pool Guy Jim said:
I will begin SLAM'ing after work today and raise it back to 20 ppm
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Keep it there, even with life in the way. Just do your best and don't stop because you're busier for a couple days. Hit it right until bedtime and before you leave in the morning
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Is it unusual to anyone to need to SLAM for more than 3 days for clear water?
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We've seen weeks long battles with already clear water and swamps cleared in 3 days. There's no rhyme or reason to how yours will go.
 
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Pool Guy Jim said:
Is it unusual to anyone to need to SLAM for more than 3 days for clear water?
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It is unusual for a SLAM to only last 3 days.
It took longer than 3 days for your pool to get bad enough to need a SLAM.
Stay the course - no slacking off.
The SLAM Process works if you follow it to the letter.


Pool Guy Jim said:
The only pool store results were the alkalinity, phosphates, metals and TDS. I don't currently have a way to test for some of those things with my Taylor K-2006.
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Phosphates and TDS are not important. Metals aren't a concern at this point.
Stick with the results from your K-2006.

Be sure you have enough reagents and chlorine on hand.
 
So things just got more confusing. I left one small detail out earlier that didn't feel that relevant but I guess now it does.

Last night, it was 3ppm at sundown. Then it was 0 ppm before sunrise. I failed the overnight loss test.

But I forgot to mention that a dead bird was found in my pool this morning and removed. I didn't think it affected the count, but it was technically an organic.

Here's why I mention it: I put my last gallon of 128 oz 10% chlorine in around 730 am before work this morning since I didn't want to leave it at 0 for the day. With the pool math app, that should have brought it from 0 to 5ppm, but I had to go to work and couldn't test it. I just got home and tested it with fas-dpd and it was at 4 ppm. So I only lost 1 ppm throughout the entire day if my math was accurate (no reason to doubt it honestly). It was overcast here, so I'm sure that helped.

So, should I let this be at 4ppm and test again tonight, then the morning for a true overnight loss test, or get back to SLAM? I just bought 10 more gallons on my way home.

Could the dead bird have accounted for the loss overnight?
 

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Based on your previous posts - and your reported FC = 0 yesterday - it would be in your best interests to maintain SLAM Process levels for at least one more day and do another Overnight Chlorine Loss Test tonight.

Water Looks Perfect, but Chlorine dropping quickly

Hey Everyone, I currently have an 18k gallon in ground pool, D.E. filter, vinyl liner and use liquid chlorine. I opened my pool to a bit of a green, cloudy mess, but it was clear within 2 days of running the filter and using some shock. I used my Taylor kit and chemicals to get everything...
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Once you are positive you've successfully attained all three SLAM Process criteria, be sure to maintain FC on the high side of the range for your CYA.
FC/CYA Levels
 
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