cloudy water

[Watermom]

You can use a cheaper OTO/Phenol Red kit for daily testing and use the Taylor K-2006 for once a week or so testing. Unless you are clearing up a problem of some type or tweaking any chemistry levels. In those cases, you would use the K-2006 more often. The one test you quickly run out of is the CYA test. So, use those sparingly. You can always order refills for reagents you need to replace without ordering a whole new kit.

[Zac851]

Here is the only thing I can find on the pump. It's very difficult or me to make out. It looks like SP2610X13.

[PoolDoc]

1.5 HP Hayward Super Pump => SP2610x15 (Hayward site page)

Unless you've got a lot of other gear on the pool, that pump is oversize for the filter -- however, the CL200 restricts flow so much that you may NOT have excess flow, but ARE wasting a bunch of electricity. If THIS:

is the chlorinator you have, then THIS is the hole you're trying to push ALL your pool water through:


. . . NOT my favorite piece of Hayward equipment!

[Zac851]

Here's the entire system. The person who opened the pool left the valve all the way to the left in the closed position which I believe controls the drain in the bottom of the pool. The valve next to it is the skimmer I think and I'm not really sure what the two valves are on the right. I just added two more gallons of bleach a little earlier and I'll report back in the morning with results.

[Zac851]

Free chlorine - 1.5
Combined - 3.0
pH - 7.8

[Zac851]

So what should I do next to it?

I went by one pool place today but They only had the large 25lb bags of the DE powder and I didnt want to buy such a large amount since you said I only needed a few pounds. I went to tractor supply store next and they had a small 4lb bag of DE powerder used to treat bed bugs and other pest. Here is the brand they had. Would this be OK to use to test my filter? If not I guess I'll just buy the 25lb bag.

http://www.tractorsupply.com/safer-r...asedPricingCmd

[PoolDoc]

Get the 25# bag. It will keep forever, if you have a place to store it.

The problem with the bug-grade of DE is that it may be too fine -- I don't know. But if you use it, and it blows back into the pool, we won't know if it's because it's really, really fine DE, or because your filter has problems.

[CarlD]

Here's the entire system. The person who opened the pool left the valve all the way to the left in the closed position which I believe controls the drain in the bottom of the pool. The valve next to it is the skimmer I think and I'm not really sure what the two valves are on the right. I just added two more gallons of bleach a little earlier and I'll report back in the morning with results.

In the picture, the two valves to the left control water coming FROM the pool to the pump. One is undoubtedly the skimmer, the other is from the low drain(s). The two on the right are for the returns--filtered water coming back to the pool, after passing through the in-line chlorinator. The pipe coming directly out of the right side of the filter and going straight into the ground is your backwash drain line.
Hope this helps.

Carl