Another cloudy water thread...can't seem to fix it

[aylad]

It sounds like your filter is working like it's supposed to--maybe the DE trick will help it get the finer stuff. I would hold off on the EcoKlean substitute until Ben or one of the equipment guys says it's okay--some of that stuff gunks up the sand to the point where you'll actually have to replace it, and I'm not sure about that one.

I guess it's possible that the pump is pushing too much water through the filter--I have the same filter you do with a 1 HP pump on it--but again, I'm not an equipment pro, so Ben, Mark, or one of the others will have to take a stab at that one. I would think that if that were the problem, it would also be pushing sand and other debris back into the pool. IN the meantime, just keep the filter running and backwash it as you need to. Remember that a dirty filter works better than a clean one, so I wouldn't backwash it until the pressure is at least 8 psi over "clean".

How does your water look? I know it's cloudy, but is it blue? Green?

[jeremyp]

Thanks. I'll wait to hear the equipment experts...
The water looks great other than being cloudy. It's blue in color but with poor visibility through the water.

[jeremyp]

Here are a couple pics of the pool...

[aylad]

That's a pretty pool--LOVE that blue water!!

I asked Ben about the cellulose substitute, so hopefully one of us will hear definitively from him soon...

[BigDave]

JP,
I noticed that yesterday you had 1ppm CC and you didn't report it today. Do you have any? You may still be fighting something in your water and 14ppm FC is well below your shock value of 20ppm FC for 60 CYA. If this were my pool, I'd add 3 gallons of bleach to get the FC over 20 and keep it there 'til the CC is gone and the FC drops less than 1 ppm overnight. And keep the filter running.

[jeremyp]

Thanks Janet. I agree...I love the color of the water. I just want it CLEAR! LOL

Dave, thanks for replying. I just dumped in 1.5 ga of 12.5% liquid chlorine on your recommendation and will test again in a few hours. I didn't test for CC this morning. Only FC to see if it had dropped by more than 1ppm from the night before. I'll post back once I do my tests.

Thanks,
JP

[jeremyp]

Dave,
Here is the current FC - 23ppm and CC - 0.5ppm. I'll recheck again late tonight and then again first thing tomorrow morning to see if the FC drops <1ppm and hopefully the CC goes to 0.