Thank you pool doc!! Your the best.....

[aylad]

The DE will filter smaller particles than the cartridge. As I said in my earlier post, some cartridges can be used with DE but I can't find the discussion I'm looking for at the moment. I know that sand can be.

Janet

[Lawrosa]

Yes but the pool smells and is releasing some gas as described in Ben's ammonia sticky for cloudy pools. It will not filter unless I kill what's pooping in there as Ben describes.

Do you all agree with this? You all think it's filtering issues?

Mike NJ

[Watermom]

No, it is not totally a filter issue. As long as you are losing more than 1 ppm of chlorine overnight, something is going on. You may have filter issues as well, but there is something consuming the chlorine. Keep shocking.

[sunlove]

Hey lawrosa, just wanted to let you know it took me 5 days of bleach every evening until I got the water to be noticeably clearer. I can finally see the bottom and my cl is now holding. Hopefully you are almost there!! I got that funky chlorine smell 2 days before the "break through" happened.

[PoolDoc]

It's important to remember, when you're cleaning a swamp, that you need to brush your pool (even if you can't see the bottom) to expose any algae and algae piles to the chemicals. Just remember to have high levels of chlorine when you do so, so the exposed algae can't suddenly take over the pool.

[Lawrosa]

OK.

So It rained last night pretty hard. Went out to check Cl levels.

Cl 12 from a 16 last night ( raised to 16)

Vacuumed and brushed sides.

I noticed I can see the hose down to the bottom of the pool. Cannot see the vacuum head though. So I would say I am clearing up.

Now here is the question that someone that knows these things can answer. Last year my pool had the same situation. The funny thing is last year it cleared up after a rain. Odd huh?

The only thing I can think is the rain drops raised the PH with the splashing and aeration? But would the rain of been acidic and countered that? I don't think is was a dilution factor, since it only raise the level of the water 3-4".

Anyway I cleaned the cart and am running on high speed, plus continuing to keep at shock levels.

I am also wondering after I test my CYA when the pool clears, when will it be OK to add it? I don't want to revert back to a cloudy pool. I think the answer will be when the Cl holds overnight and a .5 or less of CC.

Sound right?

Thanks all for your time so far. You guys are great.

Mike NJ

[PoolDoc]

Cl 12 from a 16 last night ( raised to 16)
. . . .
The funny thing is last year it cleared up after a rain. Odd huh?

Probably just a coincidence.

I am also wondering after I test my CYA when the pool clears, when will it be OK to add it? I don't want to revert back to a cloudy pool. I think the answer will be when the Cl holds overnight and a .5 or less of CC.

Yeah, you can start adding CYA, once you can hold chlorine levels overnight.