Cloudy.. impatient

[scootchu]

I just went through this and I know I might get bashed, but I added... flocculant. My water had been filtering for 2 weeks and I had been adding shock levels of Chlorine, but was still blue and cloudy. The floc worked and I vacuumed to waste. I had run out of DE for my sand filter and after purchasing more I have a crystal clear pool.

The pool mess was my own fault. I waited too long to cover in the Fall.

[sabres07]

The only comment I can add here is that you have to follow what they are saying to do TO THE LETTER. I was in your shoes about a week ago where my water was blue but cloudy. I was feeling impatient too but I stayed the course and followed the advice given here TO THE LETTER and I was rewarded with perfectly clear pool water. Keep at it!

[Guppy]

very similar situation as myself.. thanks for responding. Do you mind telling me how it finally worked out? I am algae free and am letting the FC drift down a little. I have always been the kind of pool owner who ran the FC a little higher than needed.. probably just a mind game I play with myself. I am running the pump all the time.. have a skimmer sock in place and a little DE in the sand filter.

I really think the pool is clearing.. but its soooooo slow. did you use anything other than filtration? Any skimmer socks, DE, clarifiers?.. etc??

Hi Chuck- I am crystal clear after 3 weeks of patiently following the this BBB protocol everyone is recommending to you. As you progress (stay the course) you will notice your pool slowly clearing until you are crystal clear. I now keep my stabilizer (Cyan) at ~40PPM, my FC at 6-8 PPM (once pool is fully clear), and then shock (20ppm) generally on Sunday night every other week or weekly, especially after heavy use. My pH hangs around 7.6-7.8 and I hit my pool with a half box of borax when my pH drops below 7.4. I like to run my pH on the higher side and have found that my pool seems to like it there as well. I don't use polyquat anymore, don't seem to need it, just bleach. Tons of great advice on this site, you"ll get there even though you think you won't. Oh yeah, I also used about 1/3 cup (based on an 8oz cup size) of DE in my sand filter, which helps clear the cloudiness, and I use the filter socks over my filter basket. That's it, good luck to you!

[chuck9997]

I can see the bottom of the pool.. not clear.. but I can see the bottom. Well enough to see it needs sweeping. I am glad for that.. it means the water is going in the right direction. Gonna raise the water level tonight by a couple of inches.. then get in the pool tomorrow and vacuum to waste. Glad I haven't added anything other than DE, so far.

Keeping FC around 6ppm
CC .5 or less
PH 7.4
CYA 30-40

[BigDave]

Great News! Thanks!

[chuck9997]

Raised the water level.. and vacuumed to waste Saturday morning. We actually enjoyed the pool Saturday afternoon. The pool is still cloudy. I can see the bottom pretty good.. and it is better than it was two weeks ago. All readings are in normal range (as posted above). Still using skimmer socks.

I will watch it for a few days and see if the water clears anymore. Seems I read somewhere that someone added POLYQUAT 60.. and it cleared the water. In fact .. I think I may have done that one year.. not sure. I thought PQ was a preventative?? Would it clear the water?

[BigDave]

CarlD recommend polyquat to you in this thread and I asked if you'd considered it. You've probably read about it elsewhere as well.

Polyquat is an algecide but works best to prevent rather that kill algae. Polyquat also can act as a clarifier and should help clear the water. Keep a close watch of your FC if you do decide to use polyquat. As Watermom pointed out: the polyquat will create a chlorine demand and you don't want to start another algae bloom.

[chuck9997]

CarlD recommend polyquat to you in this thread and I asked if you'd considered it. You've probably read about it elsewhere as well.

Polyquat is an algecide but works best to prevent rather that kill algae. Polyquat also can act as a clarifier and should help clear the water. Keep a close watch of your FC if you do decide to use polyquat. As Watermom pointed out: the polyquat will create a chlorine demand and you don't want to start another algae bloom.

OK.. thanks for all the help so far.. just updating. Water is clean.. but still cloudy. All readings have been remaining normal and steady.
I have found PLOYQUAT 60.. and bought a quart. If someone reads this tonight.. please let me know how much I need to add. (24ft round AG pool - approx 14000 gal, give or take) Meanwhile I will doa little searching. I suppose I should add POLYQ in front of the return?

[Watermom]

It's been a long time since I've used any polyquat so I had to look up the dosing information. What does it say on the label? I believe, unless it has changed, that the dosing is 9 oz. per 10,000 gallons of water. Please look at the label and see if that is correct and let me know. And yes, you can add it in front of the return. You also might want to put your filter on recirculate for awhile so it doesn't filter out so fast.

[chuck9997]

It's been a long time since I've used any polyquat so I had to look up the dosing information. What does it say on the label? I believe, unless it has changed, that the dosing is 9 oz. per 10,000 gallons of water. Please look at the label and see if that is correct and let me know. And yes, you can add it in front of the return. You also might want to put your filter on recirculate for awhile so it doesn't filter out so fast.

exactly right Watermom! I found it on here as well. the label also says about the same thing (depending on before or after algae dosage). I added 14 ounces in front of the return and set the filter to circulate. I'll check FC in the morning and bump it up some.