Cloudy Please help

[mrszaff]

so far today alone I have added 5 gallons of 12.5 and 2 gallons of regular generic bleach, I will try again tomorrow.

[FormerBromineUser]

Okay. Just don't go too far past 12 as you don't want to bleach your liner.

With 8.25%, you need 3-1/2C to raise by 1ppm.

You might want to do a recheck tomorrow of your CYA just in case not all of it was dissolved by today.

[mrszaff]

this morning's reading cc=3 FC=4 alk= 60 ph=7.3 cya ia a little less than 30

I thought I saw the outline of the drain but its raining and I wasn't sure... I am adding another gallon now and I will repeat at lunch time

[FormerBromineUser]

To get from an FC of 3 to your shock level of 12, you should have added almost 2 gallons of 8.25%. Are you using those bleach calculations I posted above? What FC/CC did you get at lunchtime?

[mrszaff]

I added 1 gallon of 12.5% this morning after my initial reading and then at 12 noon added another gallon of 12.5 %, now 4 hours later my numbers have dropped to FC 2.0 CC 2.5 I am adding a third gallon now and probably more before bed time. I really am perplexed, pool is still blue and cloudy.

[FormerBromineUser]

You still have a lot of CC's in there. Your chlorine is fighting hard and is getting used up. Don't stop testing and adding chlorine AND put another 1/2G of 12.5% in there. You need to get that FC up to 12. Otherwise the bad guys have the advantage. 1 gallon puts your FC at 8.5. You really need to get it to 12ppm.

[mrszaff]

ok I added another gallon, i will test it late tonight before adding more. I just went to the store to buy plain bleach, im out of 12% FIlter is running 24/7 and thank you!