I am having white cloudiness troubles

[Ralliartevo]

I am desperate for help.

I have a cheap pool compared to you guys I'm sure bit I'm still having problems. I have an 18 ft dia 4ft deep summer escapes pool. I retro fitted a 2500 get intex pump when my pump went out (1500 gph) lay year went great. This year I have been fighting green and now white cloudiness all year. I have the pH at 7.2. Alk at 100 hardness at 100 fc at 5 and cya at 40. Pool is roughly 6400 gallons of I added right. I have white cloudy water and I can barely see the bottom. How do I fix this and is it safe to swim in the way it is?

[Watermom]

What kind of kit did you use to get your numbers? Exactly what all have you put in the pool meaning ingredients and not just product names like 'shock.'

It is safe to swim but if it is cloudy, just make sure that you can keep your eyes on everybody who is in the pool. It only takes a minute......

Welcome to the Pool Forum!

[Ralliartevo]

Well I know your answer to this is going to be very rid of them lol. I got my numbers from aquachem smart strips. I generally use aquachem products. I have used aquachem pH down, aquachem calcium hardness increaser and aquachem extra blue shock. I had used aquachem natural clarifier earlier in the year but didn't notice any improvement.

[Watermom]

Yep! You are right! Ditch the guess strips! ;)

You need a good drops-based kit. The test kit that we think is by far the best is the Taylor K2006 or 2006C (better buy). Not available locally but you can get it through this link that takes you to Amazon: http://pool9.net/tk/

But, in the meantime, go to Walmart and see if they have the HTH 6-Way drops-based kit (no test strips!) and get that. If they don't, get an OTO/Phenol Red kit (yellow and red drops) instead. Use it to test and then post your numbers. Also while you are at WallyWorld, get several jugs of their generic 8.25% bleach, a couple of boxes of 20 Mule Team Borax (laundry aisle) and a gallon of distilled water.

Repost with some numbers and someone here can try and help you.

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[CarlD]

There is no such thing as a "too small" pool! We here run the gamut from 10' diameter donut pools to fancy in-grounds with waterfalls and spas. Our purpose is for you to ENJOY your pool, whatever its size.

I've said this before, many times, and am speaking from experience: When you are floating in your favorite lounge chair, with your favorite cold drink in the cup holder, listening to your favorite music or a ball game on the radio, it doesn't matter if you're floating in the most elaborate in-ground, above-ground, or a little tiny donut pool. It feels the same, you relax the same, and you're grateful to be there.

The methods of pool care don't change. It's harder to get exact measures with a small pool, but, you can sometimes see results far faster. My first 3 years I had an early Intex donut with about 3500 gallons. I learned on it, made mistakes with it, and THOROUGHLY enjoyed my floating lounge in it! (see above!). I've never regretted that pool. When I built our current pool (technically an AG, but more like an IG) I was ready to take on a much larger pool confident I had learned the BBB system (still, then, unnamed) of Ben's.

So enjoy your pool! If we don't keep our pools to be able to enjoy them, what's the point???