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    Default Re: Also have cloudy water (with a story)

    What levels are you keeping your chlorine and pH at?

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    Quote Originally Posted by KurtV
    What levels are you keeping your chlorine and pH at?
    Todays numbers are

    CL 1.5
    PH 7.6
    TA 220

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    Default Re: Also have cloudy water (with a story)

    According to Ben's alkalinity lowering procedures, you need to keep the pH at or below 7.2 while you're aerating. Aerating at your current pH of 7.6 probably isn't going to do much for you.

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    Default Re: Also have cloudy water (with a story)

    Your chlorine is still way too low, with a cya of 50 - 100 you need to bring it up to at least 10 ppms. If you want to keep it at shock to kill any remaining algae you have to bring it up to 20. This is "Ben's best guess chart

    Stabilizer . . . . . . Min. FC . . . . Max FC . . . 'Shock' FC
    => 0 ppm . . . . . . . 1 ppm . . . . . 3 ppm . . . . 10 ppm
    => 10 - 20 ppm . . . . 2 ppm . . . . . 5 ppm . . . . 12 ppm
    => 30 - 50 ppm . . . . 3 ppm . . . . . 6 ppm . . . . 15 ppm
    => 60 - 90 ppm . . . . 5 ppm . . . . . 10 ppm . . .. 20 ppm
    => 100 - 200 ppm . . . 8 ppm . . . . . 15 ppm . . .. 25 ppm

    You will continue to have problems with algae if your don't keep your chlorine levels high enough for the amount of cya in your water.
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