Cloudy Water - I'm confused

[aylad]

Odds are pretty good that you have metals in the well water, and when you exposed them to high levels of chlorine, it caused the metals to precipitate, causing the clear green water. Throwing all the goop in the pool really isn't helping things any. Take a look at this sticky to control pools with well water--while logged out, go to the Intex chemistry part of the forum, and read the sticky called "before you fill your Intex pool with well water". This may shed some light on what's going on. I would get a sample of your fill water and take it to be tested for metals. If they're there, then you'll need to get a bottle of metal sequestrant, which won't remove the metals, but will hold them in suspension so they don't drop out and stain your pool.

Is this a vinyl liner pool? If so, you don't need the calcium the pool store is trying to sell you. You will need to drop your pH to the lower end of the range (7.0-7.4). You will also need some stabilizer to get some protection for your chlorine from the sun. I would also get a bottle of Polyquat 60, which is the only algaecide we recommend, because you're going to need to keep your chlorine levels low and it already looks like you have some algae trying to start up. You can ignore the bromine reading on your tests, because this is a chlorine pool. And the pool company test for "shock treatment"???? I don't even know what they're looking for there--it's a bogus category, designed to sell you more of their chemicals.

Be careful with the clarifiers--they often have unpredictable results, and if you overdose, they can actually create worse problems for your pool than you had to begin with.

Janet

[gilbertmsg]

Just a quick update, noticed I was losing sand during backwashing. Come to find out it was lot of sand. Took filter apart, two of the laterals had holes in them the size of a dime. The other four had smaller cracks in the plastic. Bottom line, I was trying to filter with about 2-3 inches of sand. I was upset as this was new filter, pump and pool. I'm going to notify Sta-Rite and see if they will help with my Zeolite cost that is now on the ground and new laterals. Going to run filter for 48 hrs and see if it will clear. I will keep you guys updated. Thanks for the replys.

Eddie

[aylad]

Let us know how it's going...and thank you for the subscription to the forum!!

Janet