Hello,

Ive been struggling opening up my pool this summer. I neglected the pool over the winter and it got dark green, almost black. I just started running the pump full time over the past few weeks, dropping gallon after gallon of bleach in it and finally the water is looking good, but cloudy. I changed the sand in my Pentair Triton II TR-140 (last weekend) and rebuilt the Whisperflow pump (changed gaskets and bearings) and those two are running great now with no more leaks. I have tried "Robarb Down and Out" and a clarifier from wallyworld. Just cant seem to get the cloudiness out.

I have a 50,000 gallon L shaped pool and I made the mistake of using those darn strips to test while I was shocking it, and then when I started doing some real chemical tests, my numbers were way off. The PH was really low a few days ago, so I dropped 12 Lbs of baking soda in and it was still low tonight, so I added a box of Borax. Still putting in 2-3 gallons of chlorine per day, but 0ppm by the time I get home from work in the afternoon (chlorine deficient?).

Anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated. Ill test it again in the morning and get you guys a current reading:


PS: my test kit doesn't test for Cyanuric Acid, will the cheap test strips suffice for this?