1. It's common to have haze after a party (or large bather load) ESPECIALLY if chlorine is low. Raise your chlorine to > 3.0 and keep it there for a couple of days.
2. There's nothing wrong with a TA of 120 . . . unless something else is going on. Do you have a heater or a SWCG?
3. Alkalinity is soluble; calcium is not. What is your calcium level?
4. CYA=34? How did you measure that? Anyhow, CYA should generally be between 30 and 90 ppm.
IMPORTANT: chlorine levels should be SET by CYA level, and should be the HIGHER of 2 ppm OR 5% of the CYA level.
5. Five oz of clarifier is not an issue . . . unless something else was added, too.
6. You are in the land of bad water. White rings MIGHT be calcium. Or they might be calcium + silica + magnesium. Do this:+ Get some nitrile gloves or kitchen gloves.
+ Get a synthetic (non-cellulose, non-natural) sponge.
+ Make 1 - 3 cups of acid solution, using 1/4 cup of dry acid per cup of water OR 1/4 cup of muriatic acid per cup of water.
+ Saturate the sponge, and then hold it against the white ring. Notice the reaction.
+ If the ring bubbles and/or is removed . . . it's probably mostly calcium. If not, it's more likely a 'Western water mineral mess' that may have to be removed physically.
. . . but you need to know your calcium level.
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