Cloudy water

[PoolDoc]

I would call Intex; they are polite and try to be helpful, and you haven't much to loose. Do you have their number?

[poolpuppy]

I called Intex yest. and they emailed me some papers to fill out and are willing to send me a new pump. BUT, I decided to rinse out the cartridge filter and by jove, the output flow was good again.......for an hour! I rinsed the filter again and the same thing happened. I will try to post pics of the cartridge (guess I didn't subscribe for that) anyway. it wasn't that dirty (to me anyway--it has some brown stuff on it in places but not covered) compared to the green algae that covered the old cartridges on my 1000 gph pump when I first opened pool which were nasty and still allowed the out take to flow ok for hours!!
Also reposting a q I had in earlier post
Hi!
I just joined as a member. Was having a hard time figuring out where things were posted. Still have cloudy water after 3 days of adding a gallon of bleach each evening but it's bluish now and not green. I have not gotten a good test kit yet and not sure about the CYA. Added a pound of stabilizer 2 weeks ago but it says not to clean the cartridge filter for 72 hrs after adding stabilizer and I want to change it constantly to get the algae out and it's almost gone now. The test I have is showing deep yellow to orange so think it's working. How long should I keep adding the chlorine for?
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[aylad]

You need to keep adding the chlorine for the whole time the pool is up....but you need to keep it at shock level until the green is completely gone and you are not losing any chlorine overnight (testing in the evening and again in the morning before the sun hits the pool). At that point you can let it come back down to normal levels, but you really need to know if you have a CYA reading because that's what your chlorine levels are based on (see the "best guess chlorine chart" link in Pooldoc's sig).

[PoolDoc]

The vBulletin attachment feature is BROKEN from the factory; it seems to loose all the pictures every time I have to do an update. Do NOT use it.

If you have a Flickr or Picasa or other image account, you can post the pictures OR you can email them to me at poolforum@gmail.com . Either way, I'll eventually move them to the PoolForum Picasa account, since that way I don't have to worry about the pictures getting lost.

Most Intex owners put their stabilizer in an old sock, and hang it in front of the return where water re-enters the pool.

[BigDave]

... the output flow was good again.......for an hour! I rinsed the filter again and the same thing happened...

This is good! it's getting the crud out of your water - wash the filter every time it slows down. Have you considered Ben's suggestion about getting Unicel filter carts? Also you need test kits. HTH 6-way from wall mart is a good start (if your wall mart has it) and do order a k-2006; you'll be happy you did.

[poolpuppy]

Got a sock with stabilizer in it floating in front of output. Going to order Unicel cartridges and test kit. Right now I just want to make sure there's nothing wrong with the pump or plunger valve. I say this because the cartridge doesn't look anywhere as dirty as the ones I had with the old 1000 gph pump when first cleaning out the pool and the output didn't dimish then. They were completely covered with algae from top to bottom.
Sent pics to Admin so hope he can post them.

Also noticed a bit of water on top of the output plunger valve...not a leak, just standing water on the top. Is it possible there is an air leak in the gasket of the valve that would eventually slow down the pump output? It does not leak when the plunger valve is closed and pump off tho.

I had some HTH 6 way strips that were testing the water so far off from what the pool store tested it at that I took them back. The strips showed my levels too high for alkalinty (240) and a couple others showed colors that weren't on the container. The pool stores test showed these to be in normal ranges. Guess I got a bad batch. Expiration was 5/12. Also want to stay away from pool store so joined here.

[BigDave]

You didn't get a bad batch of strips, they just don't work - none of the batches.
This filter is working better because it's catching smaller stuff the other just passed through. It's a pain but you are cleaning the water. When the stuff is out of the water, the filter won't clog.

[poolpuppy]

Thank you. I sure have hope now. I'll keep it up and see what happens. It's Memorial Day weekend in Florida and I want to get in the pool Thanks for all your help. Will keep you posted.

[poolpuppy]

Is there a guide for how long stabilizer lasts in different sun conditions? I've searched but couldn't find anything. My pool now has no algae and is blue but still cloudy. I have the new 2500 gph pump running for over a week now, kept the chlorine at dark yellow to orange but after putting a pound in a sock over the side of the pool a week ago, it's not holding well now. Not much crud on the filter cartridge anymore and the pump doesn't slow down water output now. I want to order the 2006 kit but new tires took that $ out of my wallet so any help would be appreciated.
I don't want to add stabilizer