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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