Cloudy Water

[chrisandtim]

Reporting my results.....pool still is cloudy. Not as cloudy as when I first posted but about the same as after I started with the DE. I can see the bottom but it is not sparkling clear. I will email a photo.

Last night when I tested, the FC was a little over 10 but the CC was at .6 so I added the balance of the gallon of 12.5 liquid chlorine. Let the pool sit overnight without pump running. Here are my readings this morning:

FC. 14.2
CC: .2
PH: 7.2
TA: 120
CYA: ~35 (between the 30 and 40 mark)

CH: non existent - would not turn red. I usually do not test for this with my vinyl pool but it seems odd to me that this has gone down.

Not sure if it matters but it has been rainy the past couple of days.

I ordered the GLB product you linked to above. It is not here yet, will probably arrive in a couple of days. I can keep filtering through the DE, which seemed to help a little, but for now pump is still off until I come back later to read.

As I said, I bought a smaller pump but won't be able to install that for a couple of weeks as my husband is out of town on business and I can't do it alone. I suppose I could add in a valve between pump and filter...but would need to go to pool store to get those items.

[PoolDoc]

I don't think I spelled this out before, but I will now:

+ If the algae & debris doesn't settle after 48 hours with pump off, turn the pump back on -- it's not going to work that way.
+ Do NOT use the PAC (GLB product) until you are (a) able to throttle the flow OR (b) have a way (valve?) to throttle flow now. Do NOT push the PAC floc through the filter; that will make things worse.
+ If and when you have no more green ANYWHERE in the pool, you can let your chlorine levels drop to those matching your CYA level -- see the Best Guess chart in my signature for details.

[chrisandtim]

Okay -

Will turn pump back on and continue on with DE in the filter.
Will let FC go back down to normal level as there is no green anywhere in pool.

As for PAC, can I use it when I have my lower HP pump going and running on low or do I also need an additional way to slow down flow? Here is my new pump info: Pentair Optiflow 1 HP two-speed, model number 340071

[PoolDoc]

As for PAC, can I use it when I have my lower HP pump going and running on low or do I also need an additional way to slow down flow? Here is my new pump info: Pentair Optiflow 1 HP two-speed, model number 340071

Yes.

[PoolDoc]

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