Cloudy water after shock?

[Salvino]

hee hee - yes Calcium hypochloride it is

got it - will give it a try and see

won't adding shock to the skimmer and going directly into sand filter damage anything - pipes, filter, heater?

connie

[Watermom]

No. Many people routinely add their bleach directly to the skimmer including me. Just pour it slowly while the pump is running being careful not to splash it on yourself.

[Salvino]

Thank you

I noticed on the bottom of your reply another thread with this information (perhaps you had added it) in reply to a question about TA levels....

"Otherwise, it's not a problem, except that your pool will be 'twitchy' with respect to calcium and pH. If you add a shock dose of calcium hypochlorite, you might cloud your pool badly. Likewise, if there's much calcium in your pool, letting the pH go up a bit could result in a very cloudy pool."

Prior to posting I had been suspecting PH as a potential contibutor to my cloudiness after shocking....my PH does tend to run high 7.6-7.8 due to the maintenance Calcium HypoChlorite capsules that I use (they are ~PH 12) - so I am fairly regularly PH downing my pool. I had noticed that after shocking with HTH Extra Shock that indeed my PH goes fairly high up and then the next day I pH it down but by then the white precipitate is present. Can I PH DOWN just before shocking to stop the bounce and hopefullyy avoid the precipitate?

Connie