Dirt on floor after using Sink-n-sweep

[cdawg]

i have an 18x48 above ground pool and at first the water was just fine but after a 3 weeks it turned from clear too cloudy so i adjusted the chems and i put some sink and sweep in to it that cleared it up within 2 hours so now i have all this patches of particles thats sitting on the floor of my pool and when i try too clean it with a vacum that hooks too my water hose it moves the dirt around and my pool becomes mikly yet once again is there another way too clean the patches of dirt or whatever it is out

[Watermom]

We hear this a lot. Often adding "pool store goop" makes things much worse.

Give us the details about your pump and filter.

Also, tell us ingredients of what all you have put in the pool.

And, go ahead and order a Taylor K-2006 or 2006C test kit from the link in my signature below. You're going to need a good kit to help you get this cleared up and to help you maintain things once it is cleared up.

Then, someone here can better advise you of how to clear things up!

[cdawg]

the following is what i have applied
algecid
ph up
water classifier
shock plus
alkalanity
chlorine
my pool chemicals are all balanced according to the local pool store my pool pump is a 1500 GPH Intex Filter Pump Krystal Clear Model 635 Small Pump which came with my pool
also after i put in some sink and sweep the cloudiness goes away and i have a crap load of light brown stuff on the floor of the pool i try to vacum it out and when i get close to the debris it spreads out and becomes cloudy again i have the vacuum that hooks too the water hose blow are links to pics of my pool water

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[Watermom]

We are going to need ingredients and not just 'algaecide' or 'shock plus.' I also have no idea what water classifier is. The sink and sweep must be a floc of some sort.

Also, we need current water testing numbers and not just that they are balanced. If you can supply this information, it will help us better help you.

[cdawg]

shock=Trichloro-s-triazinetrione 53.5%
other ingredients Available Chlorine 43.6%

ph up active ingredient Sodium Carbonate 100/0%

20% algaecide active ingredients Alkyl 50% C14 40% C12 10% C16
Dimethyl Benzyl Ammonium Chloride 20.0%
other ingredients 80.0%

balance+ protect active ingredient Sodium Bisulfate 93.2%


water testing numbers

hardness 1000
chlorine 3
bromine 10
ph 7.8
alkalinity 40
stabilizer 100
and these are numbers from a 5 way test strip which is all i have at the moment

[Watermom]

Unfortunately, we don't trust test strips as we have seen too many times were the results they gave are way off base. Are you going to order a good kit so that you can better manage your pool? For now, is there a reputable pool store that you can take a water sample to let them test? Just don't let them talk you into buying a bunch of stuff.

Is this a new pool or one that you have had for awhile? If you have had it for awhile, have you used the trichlor tabs for a long time? Check the ingredients of the tabs and see if copper is listed as an ingredient.

That calcium hardness reading is REALLY high! Do you have really hard water where you live or have you been using calhypo? (Some bags of pool shock are calhypo.)