My water is still cloudy and I don't know what to do about it

[Bosch232]

The pool is now crystal clear. Every 48 hours that towel comes out of the skimmer box Pretty Brown. I don't exactly understand why the towel works so well, but it definitely does make a difference. And it's free. I will post a few photos later in the day.

[FormerBromineUser]

Great! I'd love to see the pics!

[Bosch232]

Not bad for an old free towel.

[FormerBromineUser]

Loves!!!!!!! The water looks great!!!! Nice camera.

[FormerBromineUser]

Thos is great! How did you put the towels in the skimmer without blocking your flow?

[Bosch232]

It's not a full size towel, it's a smaller bath size.
(It's actually one that my gym hands out, and it accidentally made its way home in my bag a few years ago.)
It used to be white. Everything in that towel that's NOT white is crap that was in my water.
I wash this towel about every 3 days when I do this.

Anyway, you can see there is flow around the top of the basket.
The water that goes through the towel flows at a slower velocity than the water that goes around the towel.
I know this looks hard on the pump, but this is my 3rd year doing this. (I forgot my towel trick when I first made this post).
My pump doesn't seem to care.

[Bosch232]

It's my Galaxy S5 cell phone.
You can dunk them.

[FormerBromineUser]

Is there water in your skimmer?

[Bosch232]

You mean in that photo? Yes.
Pump happened to be off when I took the photo, so the water was still.