Cloudy.. impatient

[CarlD]

CarlD, Chuck9997's pool lost 3ppm FC last night and had 1ppm CC this morning. I think he's still got live algae.

Ok, I missed some of that. I would keep hammering it with bleach/LC for a few more days till the FC stabilizes and the CC drops.

[chuck9997]

thanks Carl and BigDave.. I was able to sneek outta work (YAY) and run home at noon.. After dosing the pool this AM.. the FC at noon-thirty was 19 and CC: 0.. still cloudy.. but clean (if ya know what I mean). The wife is gonna dump more bleach in at 3pm. I'm gonna keep the FC up then see if I am still losing FC in the morning.

I have may have some DE left.. I'll check.. meanwhile I am using a skimmer sock to help.

[chuck9997]

Measured 15ppm FC in pool last night (8pm), pool outta sunlight.. this morning (about 7:30am) had lost 2ppm FC. CC was 1. I can stay with it for the FC and CC readings.. but this cloudiness is really bugging me. I know my pool is clean.. just not pretty. Someone at work said add muriatic acid to solve the cloudy problem. I have never used it before.. so I am not sure.

Again.. this is my first year not having the pool crystal clear in 3 or 4 days (at most). I am well into week number 2.

[BigDave]

The last pH we saw from you was 7.2, up from less than 6.8. Don't add muriatic acid, it's job is to lower pH.

Did you add bleach this morning?

Stay the course, maintain shock level, test and dose as often as possible, filter 24/7.

[chuck9997]

OK.. but its getting hard to be patient. I have been looking at blueish white water for 9 days.. been shocking for 13 days. If it weren't for the wife.. I would be hiring a bulldozer to take care of this. LOL

by the way.. I also put a cup or so of DE in the sand filter last night.. it didn't spit out the return.. (i am thinking that's encouraging.. maybe my filter is ok).. but it also didn't clear the water overnight. I added a little more this morning.. then it was too much. so i backwashed and flushed all the DE out. Had to go to work and didn't have time to add any more DE.

[BigDave]

You can see the return?

It's always hard to be patient. Let's kill the algae then clean up the water.

[chuck9997]

yes.. I can see the return.. its only a few inches from the top. I can see a couple steps down into the pool.. probably 18-24 inches.