12,800 gallon Colemane: blue but cloudy

[PoolDoc]

1. Regarding the shock you used, can you find it on the Walmart site, and give me the link? I can't tell anything unless I can get an exact chemical breakdown.

2. I doubt you'll need to drain because of CYA (stabilizer). In any case, at this point, we don't even know that it IS high. The HTH 6-way can test CYA accurately, but only 3x. So read the instructions carefully, and be sure you have a clear idea of what you're doing.

And, even if the CYA is high, there are ways to compensate quite nicely. The fact that this year Walmart is selling the 10% pool bleach makes that even easier.

[Jcolgin]

Here is a link to the shock.
Pool Essentials Shock
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Pool-Essen...Shock/19795891

Last night I tested and chlorine was about 3 so I added a half gallon of bleach. pH last light looked to be about 7.4 so I left it alone. This morning I tested again. Chlorine was 5 and pH maybe be 7.5 or 7.6. Water is still blue but extremely cloudy.

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Also CYA last night was 90...haven't tested it today.

[PoolDoc]

Don't test your CYA again; it hasn't changed.

I looked up your shock: it's nearly 50% mystery ingredients:

so there's no telling what you've put in. I'm going to check and see if I can find an MSDS that has useful info.

[PoolDoc]

Nope. Found the MSDS, here: http://www.kellysolutions.com/erenew...5_02_07_PM.pdf

But unfortunately:

So . . .

1. Your pH is OK.

2. Your CYA is not a problem -- just keep your chlorine on the HIGH side, DARK yellow on the tester. Use this page to interpret high result: http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php/23555

Unfortunately . . . it's time to play 20 questions! Let's start:

1. Did the pool turn cloudy IMMEDIATELY after shocking? Within 24 hours?

2. Were there OTHER events that occurred prior to cloudiness, like a pool party?

3. Was ANYTHING else, except the shock, added to the pool prior to the cloudiness?

4. Have you maintained a CONSISTENT chlorine level > 2 ppm since shocking?

5. Have you inspected your filter cartridge? What sort of 'goo' is on it?

6. Are you running your pump continuously, or on a timer?

Meanwhile:

1. Keep the chlorine above 3 ppm at all times.
2. Run the pump 24/7.
3. Replace the cartridge, if possible.
4. Keep the pH between 7.2 and 7.8.
5. Do NOT use any more mystery shock; use the 10% bleach.

[Jcolgin]

Unfortunately . . . it's time to play 20 questions! Let's start:
1. Did the pool turn cloudy IMMEDIATELY after shocking? Within 24 hours?

Rained on Wednesday...shocked on Thursday..
Cloudy on Friday.

2. Were there OTHER events that occurred prior to cloudiness, like a pool party?

Rain

3. Was ANYTHING else, except the shock, added to the pool prior to the cloudiness?

No sir

4. Have you maintained a CONSISTENT chlorine level > 2 ppm since shocking?

Yes

5. Have you inspected your filter cartridge? What sort of 'goo' is on it?

Changed the filter on Friday when it clouded. Filter was dirty when changed.

6. Are you running your pump continuously, or on a timer?

Running it 24 hours

I also had tablets in a floater I have removed them for now. How much of the liquid should I be using?

Thanks

[PoolDoc]

Sorry.

Was searching to find some stuff for you and found this instead:

https://www.troublefreepool.com/thre...oudy?p=1469070

You're wasting my time and yours, trying to take advice from two sources at the same time.

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