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    Default Cloudy Please help

    I originally put this post in the wrong spot...sorry

    We have had issues in the past with metal in the water so when I opened the pool a week ago I proactively added Jacks Blue Stuff for metal and 32 oz. polyquot. I could see the bottom it was not green but had a clear film on walls, I put 2 tri chlor pucks in filter and ran 24/7, it became cloudy immediately so I added 2-4 bottles of bleach every night and blue clarifier. Now its a beautiful blue but I cannot see the deep end drain, yesterday I added 8 gallon bottles of liquid shock (sodium hypochlorite 12.5) and another polyquot 60, I still had a low FC level.

    So today here are my numbers . fc 2, tac 5 cya 0,ta 80, ph 7.0

    The pool store told me ...to add soda ash which i did today and a bag of leslies powder powder plus (calcium hydrochlorite 73%) and to add clarifier tomorrow I backwashed a few days ago, it wasn't green, no metal stains so far .

    how can i clear this pool, please help thanks
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    Default Re: Cloudy Please help

    Can you test your CYA with a home testkit?

    Your chlorine is burning off with no CYA.
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    Fc 6.0 cc 5 cya 0 ta 80 ph 7.3
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    Default Re: Cloudy Please help

    I didn't phrase my question well. Sorry. What testkit are you using? It says 2000.
    Anyway, I would add about 4 lbs. of CYA. See where you are in a couple of days. If you think you may need to backwash within the next 48 hours, do that first.
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    Taylor k- 2006 , I will get the CA in the morning , thanks. So no more shock for now?
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    Was your CYA test solution cloudy at all? Let us know.

    If it was, just add 3#. And no, don't add more chlorine until you drop down to 3ish until you get the CYA in there.
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    Also, don't waste any more money on algaecide. You only need it when you close your pool for the winter.
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    The cya test was not cloudy at all, thank you!
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    Okay. Then that means your CYA is close to zero. Add the 4#. How is your FC now?
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    I will do another reading now...
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