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[kimkats]

Katie wrap you head around a clear pool to swim in! We will get you there.

Test often and add bleach as needed. IF you can try for every other hour. As you see your FC holding better you can back up to every three hours and go from there.

Kim

 

[katierocks]

Thanks! I think I'm going to need more bleach!!!


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[Texas Splash]

Yeah. Our TX sun has been brutal. Just eating the bleach like crazy. Stay with it though. You'll break through.

 

[MarianParoo]

Yup, get it as soon as you can. They key to the slam is keeping your FC at slam level as much as possible. Your pool may take a bunch, but it will be gorgeous when you are done. Did you ever fix that skimmer?

 

[Beens]

Just a reminder so you don't have a panic attack! :

You may go through a whole lot of bleach at first. Adding and testing and adding because you're not at slam level yet, then testing and adding more...etc. You're just starting out and that bleach is going to go to work and get used up pretty quickly ***but*** one time you'll test and find you didn't lose very much and you don't have to add that much....and from there on out you'll see that it will hold a little longer and you'll be adding less and not having to test as often.

Definitely stock up so you can hit it hard!

You can do this!

I can't wait to see this one sparkle!

 

[MarianParoo]

Keep us up to date with your progress. We invest ourselves in helping people and love to follow along!

 

[kimkats]

Don't forget to "feed" us with pics!

Kim

 

[katierocks]

Yes!!!! I woke up today to a blue pool!

It was literally as green as ever yesterday. Woo hoo!!!


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[kimkats]

OH Katie! That is awesome! You have turned the corner! You go girl! Keep hitting it hard!

Kim

 

[katierocks]

This keeps happening a few minutes after I get my chlorine drop test to clear! Should I just go with the first reading or keep adding drops until it stays clear?


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[katierocks]

This is my pool as of this morning! Blue but cloudy. When should I start using my filter (it's set to "re-circulate" bypassing the filter at the moment).


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[Texas Splash]

Katie, I haven't followed your thread for a while, but I would think it should be set to filter to collect the dead organic material that's being generated. Not sure why it was by-passed before, but unless I'm missing something in your past advice, I would think filter that stuff and get that cloudiness out of there. Congrats on the progress by the way.

 

[katierocks]

I had it set to re-circulate because when I had my filter cleaned (during my pool-stored days--ha!) I had to replace alllll of my grids. The pool guy suggested setting it to recirculate because I would've just had an algae breeding ground if I had it go through my filters.

From the pic above, do you think the algae is dead?


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[Texas Splash]

Uh oh. Pool guys advice. Well Katie, here's the deal on that. When you are fighting an algae bloom, it's everywhere - including your filter. So if you bypass your filter, you sanitize your pool but leave contaminants in the filter. So once you open the filter and let clean water go in there ... well ... you can guess what happens right? You need that bleach to get in that filter and kill the algae in there as well.

 

[pabeader]

Pool guy was wrong. Should have been on filter all this time. Progress will be surprising once you switch it.

You will start having to backwash so make sure you have a supply of DE available. From what I've read, when you backwash a DE filter it removes the DE and it needs to be replaced.

You filter may have a 'bump' option that allows it the grids to be cleaned off without loosing DE. This extends the time between backwashes.

 

[jagger2005]

I would think you should be filtering. You do not have a lot of junk in the pool that might clog the filter grids and affect the pressure.

As for your FC test, the test water will do that if you let sit. Just disregard. Better yet just dump the test water after you finish the test.


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[katierocks]

Thank you everyone! Heading out now to change to "filter." You all ROCK!


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[Agent99]

For your FAS/DPD chlorine test, you want it clear. One more drop on the sample above you showed us and that should be your FC level.

When SLAMing, you may wish to use a 5 mL sample and then each drop is 1 ppm of FC. This will serve to extend the amount of reagent you use per test because you will use A LOT of it. And 1 ppm resolution is good enough when in SLAM mode.

The color of your pool will be a greyish blue/green and that is indicative of dead algae. Be sure to read carefully when SLAMing. There are 3 criteria you MUST pass to complete the process:

(1) Pool is clear.
(2) OCLT is less than 1 ppm.
(3) CC is less than 0.5 ppm.

If you don't know what OCLT is, look it up in Pool School. That will be your homework.

 

[katierocks]

Two questions:
1) Pressure gauge: What is the red marker and what is the black marker?

2) I have a "rinse" option on my filter. Do you think that is what would clean the grids without needing to re-apply DE?

Thanks!


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[katierocks]

Nice tip Agent! Will do!


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