high level of nitrates

[PoolDoc]

Alan,

I think Carl is asking the same thing I would: do you have any reason to trust the test results you've gotten, or any reason to put trust in the people who've encouraged you to do this?

For what it's worth, you can't remove nitrates with chlorine.

Ben

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Ok, we cross posted, with your 2nd post appearing after I started mine.

We understand not wanting a cloudy pool, but you hadn't said anything about that earlier. You need to tell us about your pool -- equipment, how you sanitize, how you operate -- and chemistry -- recent test results.

The reason we need this is that "nitrates" are probably NOT the problem, and while adding lots of chlorine may help solve the problem, doing so won't be likely to affect your nitrate levels.

In fact, depending on your water chemistry, and the type of chlorine you added, you may have a whole new kind of cloudiness in your pool.