Blue Cloudy Water

[pooljunky]

Watermom, excellent thank you. I will follow your recommendations then post my results.

[Watermom]

You are welcome.

[pooljunky]

Hello, I put in the seven jugs of bleach from Walmart yesterday evening as you suggested and when I looked at the pool this morning there was no change. The water is still cloudy blue. What now? This is so frustrating I have never had a problem like this with my pool. Should I add the algaecide and calcium hardness as the pool store suggested? We have not been able to swim for months now due to this problem. Please help.

[Watermom]

Most algaecides cause lots of problems such as foamy water that you cannot get rid of very easily. And, adding calcium is going to do nothing to help the issue.

Without good numbers, it really limits our ability to be able to help well. Are you going to be able to order the kit I recommended (Taylor K2006)?

[pooljunky]

Ok just got home and pool looks a little better water still cloudy but I can see the bottom on shallow end. I did the drop test the ph is 7.6 and the chlorine is 5 plus. What do I do now, more chlorine?

[Watermom]

Yep. More chlorine. Use the chart at this link to get an estimate of how high your chlorine is:> http://pool9.net/oto-chart/
Then, add enough bleach to get the chlorine back up to 20ppm again. (Remember, in your pool, each of the 121-oz jugs of 8.25% bleach will add about 3ppm of chlorine.)

Continue running the pump 24/7.

By the way, your pH test will be invalid when the chlorine is over 5ppm. You'll have to dilute the water sample by mixing one part pool water with an equal part of distilled water. Then, run the pH test with that mixture. Do this before you add the next dose of chlorine.

[pooljunky]

Hello I'll add more chlorine later this evening and report in the morning. Should the chlorine be added to the skimmers or directly into the pool water? Yesterday I added the 7 jugs in the skimmer.