New Liner In-Had Clear Water-Tech Messed Up!?!

[tundraSQ]

work on one thing at a time....(wel actually two....but chorine should be a given here)

Tonight I would add 1 gallon of Muriatic acid (buy two because you will probably need the second) But add 1 gallon and remeasure PH.

Also add 3 gallons of clorox (an hour after the muriatic just to be safe)and measure the FC and PH after another hour...then remeasure in the morning to see if it held over night.


how milky is it? Don't let the pool store add ANYTHING else o the watr and i would NOT pay for anything they added ..in fact I wuuld be gettign a refund on anything they "included" in the price.

[waterbear]

The reason your pool turned milky is that they put calcium chloride and sodium bicarbonate in at the same time while the pH was high! this will form calcium carbonate (scale) precipitated throughout the water! Lowering your pH to 7.0 (carefully) will help to redissolve some of it. ALK should always be ajusted first and allowed to stabilize for about 48 hours before adding calcium to avoid this very thing from happeneing!
BTW, why are you putting calcium into a vinyl pool? It doesn't need it unless you have a heater.

[CarlD]

Wetshoes:
The advice here is sound:
You NEED chlorine and you need to lower your pH.
Calcium is a waste of money in vinyl pools.

The GOOD news is everything you've stated is fixable, quite easily.

[wetshoes1]

Hi Thanks for the advice!

Last night I added a gal of muriatic acid, waited 1 hr. & added 3 gal bleach. Waited another hour & tested.

ph 7.3
fc 5
cc 0

The water is slooowllyy clearing up. But the numbers seem good. Tested this morning, fc level same as last night.

Am I on the right track? Is there anything I need to do?

Should I be running de filter until water clears up? Or will it clear up by itself?

[JohnT]

Am I on the right track? Is there anything I need to do?

Should I be running de filter until water clears up? Or will it clear up by itself?

Sounds like you are on the right track. For sure keep the filter running.

[wetshoes1]

I see some of the white dust settled on the bottom of the pool. Will it ruin my new liner? Or can it stay there until it clears up by itself?

Thanks!

[waterbear]

probably just calcium carbonate. Just vacumn it up.

[cleancloths]

If you have white dust on the bottom you should probably vaccum to remove it.