Quote Originally Posted by herb396 View Post
I just became paranoid when the water turned so cloudy after the muriatic acid application...(was that suppose to happen?). (when might I expect it to clear up?)

It's understandable to panic when the water doesn something unexpected, but as long as you don't just start throwing chems "at" the pool trying to fix it, most everything can be fixed. Honestly, I don't know why the pool became so cloudy after the acid application, but I'm wondering if you don't have an algae bloom wanting to start--cloudy water is often the first sign.

As far as clearing it, keep the pump/filter running, cleaning the filter as your pressure indicates. Also persist in adding bleach (or the trichlor puck) until you have some chlorine registering in the water. If the cloudy/white is due to something precipitating out of the water, the filter should get it. If it's algae, you'll either keep it in check for awhile longer with the chlorine, or if not, then a bloom will be evident within a few days (although with polyquat and a residual chlorine level, that shouldn't happen. Have there been any times when the chlorine has been 0 for any length of time?).

Pooldoc should be back around the forum by tomorrow, and I'm sure will take a look at this thread. In the meantime, filter, filter, filter, get the trichlor puck into the skimmer, and continue to follow his advice in the other thread. Now is when a really big dose of POPP comes in handy (pool owner patience and persistence).

Janet