Cloudy Please help

[mrszaff]

morning numbers.... FC 9 CC .5 The pool looks good, i can see the drain clearly , I will backwash tonight and put the robot in also.
I will have to add a jacks blue stuff for metal soon, steps are starting to look discolored but i can deal with that.
I am out of bleach so i will test again after work and add more then. We still want it to be at 12 for now,, correct?

Can't thank you enough!

[FormerBromineUser]

Great news!

Yes, keep the FC at 12 until you pass an overnight test. Do you know how to do that?

What kind of metals do you have? The blue stuff is mostly for copper.

[mrszaff]

Ok, I will get it back to 12, and test it every day.
when they test for metal it never shows, but whenever i shock the pool its an issue. so i really dont know what kind of metal.
It was worse years ago, I think the culator bags have helped and now I know what to do when it stains.

[FormerBromineUser]

Twice a day minimum... Do you know about the overnight test?

Let's talk more about metals later.

[mrszaff]

Ill test it tonight and then again in the morning to see if it holds?

[FormerBromineUser]

You make your last addition of the night and then an hour later, test the FC. The reason for the second test is that additions may not hit exactly your goal and testing MOE. Then in the morning within a half-hour of sunrise, test FC and CC. If you lose 1ppm FC or less, your CC's are 0.5 or less, and your water is super clear, you pass and are done shocking. Some people keep the levels up and do an additional overnight test. Up to you.

I am not sure you're there yet because you probably lost 3ppm last night, but if you don't mind getting up early, go for it!

[mrszaff]

ok I will give it a try, is it ok to add a sequestering agent