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    Default Re: Looking for help...green and cloudy with some pink in the pipes...?

    Sorry I wasn't specific enough...the water isn't clear, but is green...it's murky and looks kinda grayish green-bluish green-green (it's not pretty...lol). There is no algae that I can see in the pool, but I can only see about 1/4 of the way down from the top and only about 6-8 inches inward from the edges. The water is very murky...I can see the bottom, but only very faintly...can barely make out the pattern on the liner.
    I did purchase a K2006 and those readings are correct, and my filter is working properly (there just doesn't seem to be anything left to filter out...it's like whatever is causing the murky greeness is too small to be filtered by a skimmer sock or DE). I added 3 cups of DE yesterday which raised the pressure 2 pounds...everything is still the same this morning.
    I also completed the other tests yesterday:
    CYA-50
    TA-100
    Calcium Hardness-250? Had trouble with this one...tried it twice and it done the same thing both times. Maybe this has something to do with the condition of the water. I readied my sample, added in the calcium buffer, then added the calcium indicator...at this point, instead of the 'sample' turning red, tiny little floating specs turned red while the water they were floating in stayed clear...? I thought, okay, I'll try to do the test and watch for the specs to turn blue instead of the entire sample. However, when I started adding the hardness regeant, it took between 23 and 25 drops to turn purple instead of blue...? This happened both times I tried to test.
    Could this floating stuff be a clue as to what's murking up the pool?

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    Default Re: Looking for help...green and cloudy with some pink in the pipes...?

    + CYA = 50 ppm. OK
    + Still greenish and murky. OK
    + pH above 7.2. OK
    + Chlorine variable, but up to 8 ppm
    + Pool gallons = ~12,000. OK


    Do this:

    #1 - Continue with the pump on 24/7 and the DE topcoat.
    #2 - Get a gallon of muriatic acid (Home Depot, hardware store, etc.) and add 1/4 gallon to the pool. (Glasses, gloves, watch the fumes: after opening, submerge the jug part way into the pool water, so you can pour with the lip only a few inches above the water. Add about 1/4 of the jug.)
    #3 - Test the pH an hour later. If it's 7.2 or above, repeat.
    #4 - Adjust a return eyeball so it's 'ruffling' the water surface.
    #5 - That evening, add 2 gallons of plain 6% household bleach, poured slowly into the skimmer. (Pump ON, any tabs or other chemicals REMOVED!!)

    Continue doing all the above:
    + Lower the pH each time it goes above 7.2
    + Repeat evening chlorine dose each time the chlorine is below 8 ppm FC
    + Do not add other chemicals
    + Backwash as needed, and re-coat with DE.

    If, after 2 days, the green is not all gray (no green), then:
    + Continue with the pH adjustment
    + Change to 3 gallon bleach doses and a target chlorine level of 12 ppm

    After no more than 3 days, report FC, CC, pH (measure midday when chlorine is lowest), TA, CH, & CYA.

    Explanation (abbreviated):
    Trying to lower your TA via low pH and aeration, to remove any calcium scale; trying to keep your pH low to facilitate this AND to avoid copper staining; maintaining high enough chlorine to control algae and gradually kill it, without copper stains (hopefully); gradually increasing chlorine as (again, hopefully) the copper comes out on the filter.

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    Default Re: Looking for help...green and cloudy with some pink in the pipes...?

    Okay, so hubby decided to drain Thursday. It was probably for the best. It looked like we might've had some flocked junk on the bottom that apparently was causing the turbidity. (We flocked a long time ago and apparently didn't get it all out...I see why this is not recommended...). Nearly completely drained the pool and refilled. It looks soooo much better. Our fill water was a bit muddy, but that was gone by Friday morning. Now, I'm working on completely clearing. It's still a bit cloudy, but bluer than it's been in two seasons! As of this morning, the test results were:
    FC-12.0
    CC-0.0
    pH-7.4
    TA-80
    Hardness-50
    (The last two were tested late last night)
    Since we drained, CYA should be 0. We've got 2 cups DE in the filter with a skimmer sock (nylon) on the basket and a chlorine tablet in the skimmer to help get some stabilizer in the water. Like I said, we're still cloudy, but I assume the muddy stream water we used probably put some algae in, so I'm in the process of holding that chlorine. There's been great improvements over the past two days! I just wanted to let you guys know what was up, and to thank you again for this invaluable forum!!!

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    Default Re: Looking for help...green and cloudy with some pink in the pipes...?

    Let us know how it goes...you're right to hold the shock chlorine level to kill off whatever the stream water brought in. You might find that using a trichlor puck in the skimmer doesn't get your CYA up fast enough--if if doesn't, you can always add it seperately. Keep us posted!

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    Chlorine held last night...at 7:30pm FC was 10.0, and at 6:30am this morning FC was 10.5 (I left about half a tablet in the skimmer basket last night). I thought I would go ahead and start letting it drop today. At 2:15pm today the FC was 6.5, so yes, the stabilizer is def. low! Also, pH was 7.0 today. I'm gonna pick up some Borax and try to get that raised up. The water looks fantastic today, though! It's nice and blue, you can see the bottom, but it's still cloudy. Gonna try to get that pH up and continue filtering and hopefully we'll be swimming in it by the weekend, if not sooner! Thanks again!!

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    Thanks again to you guys...sorry I haven't been back in a while, but been really busy...and what free time I have had, it's been spent in the beautiful CLEAN pool! You guys have definitely got it going on! I've recommended this forum to everyone I know with a pool!

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    Default Re: Looking for help...green and cloudy with some pink in the pipes...?

    HI-just wondering how you fared with your situation.
    ralph

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