cloudy pool please help

[waterbear]

Hi,
Very low ph and alkalinity so added soda ash and sodioum bicarb(had it on hand.
Low pH and TA and high CYA, you are using trichlor and have a cartridge filter, right? Trichlor and carts do not play well together and lead to an overstabilized pool in just a few short months!
This am the numbers are:

ph 7.4
alkalinity 120
FC16.5
IF your CYA is over 100 this is not high enough to clear the pool, bring it up to a minimum of 25 ppm! (up to 30 ppm)
CC .5
CYA 120
How did you get this reading of 120 ppm for the CYA. YOU said you used a Taylor kit but they cannot measure over 100 ppm because, if you look at the markings on the CYA tube, the graduations are not linear and over 100 ppm they are so close as to be unreadable. If you 'guestimated' the reading it is probably MUCH higher than 120 ppm.
(calcium hardness was fine last night.)
A hint to make it easier to help you with your pool, "fine" is not a test reading, nor is "OK" or "in range". We need numbers!
It is still very cloudy.
IF you CH was very high and you added soda ash and baking soda this could add to the cloudiness by precipitating out calcium carbonate. This is why we need numbers!
We had added two rounds of improve polysheen blue over 72 hrs which did nothing. It's a big pool, 48,000 gallons.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Mary

ps we also coated the filter with sparkle up on advice from the pool store which did nothing so we cleaned the filter(took it out) two days ago.

You took out the sparkle up but put the cart back in the filter, right? You should be running the pump 24/7 and filtering until the pool is clear and the problem solved.

Be careful with the clarifiers. Overdosing on them can actually make the pool cloudier and stay that way because, instead of clumping it makes a collodial suspension (one that does not filter out!)

A bit more info about your pool would be useful such as make and model of filter and pump and any other equipment you might have.


I almost forgot the most important thing...

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