White Cloudy Water - Twighlight Zone

[szampino]

Thanks for the Vac tip. I actually rigged it so I can vac from the skimmer. Never thought about disconnecting the other end. The challenge I'll have is if/when I do this I will need to put more water in from the well. This is obviously a little trick since I'm having such trouble now.

Q. Shouldn't I see the water clear first, then see whats sitting on the bottom of the pool? Right now I can't even see the bottom.

Scorecard:

7/23/06 11:20pm.

FC - 15.

Adding more bleach to bring it back up.

[gerri]

If it were me I'd go ahead and vac "blind" - whether you can see it or not, there's stuff down there. It will help your water clear to get it out.

When you add new water be sure to put in the sequestering agent (metal treatment) and you should be ok.

Good luck!

[szampino]

If I vac and refill I will need to bring my Chlorine down to 1 in order for the Sequestering agent to bind properly. Do you still think I should do this? Mbar - what are you thoughts on the vac/refill/sequester? Should I wait till my fight is over?

Scorecard:

7/24/06 - 8:08am
FC - 25 (looks like it held overnight)
No change in water clarity
filter is running 24/7

[szampino]

Scorecard:

7/25/06
3pm - Shut Filter
6:30pm - I can actually see an additional step so something is going on.

Water is still a lavender purple. I would add a some pictures if I knew how

Would love to hear if anyone else ever had purple water.

[KurtV]

That's the first I've heard of purple but the fact that your clarity is improving is a good signal. I'll bet you'll reach point where there'll be a dramatic clearing in the next few days.

[szampino]

Scorecard:

7/25/06 - 8:00pm

The water is still purple, but I can actually make-out the pattern design on the bottom of the pool. I will update this post with a water make-up next post.

[szampino]

7/26/06 - 8:30am

I could see the bottom and the total water looked pretty clear. (wow) There was an off-white/brownish stubstance at the bottom of the pool. I vaccumed to waste and the water actually looks pretty good. Not crystal clear. There is still a purple hue to the water.

FC: - 12
ph: - 7.2

I added about 3 cups of Pool Magnet to the water. I am doing the scary part now, topping off from the well. Wish me luck.

Any suggestions on how not have a repeat of this?

[szampino]

Woke up,
got out of bed,
dragged a comb across my head
looked out the window
opened the screen,
Damn, my pool is now green!

I feel like I'm on a merrygoround!

The water was fine when I went to bed, My chlorine was a little low so I added more bleach to bring it to shock levels (was supposed to be the last day for this.)

We had rain storms last night and now my pool water is a crystal clear green.

WaterStats:
FC - 15 (should be adequate shock level based on best guess chart)
PH - 7.2
CYA - 10 - 20 (under 30 and my test kit only goes to 30)

This is the typical way it goes:

1. Fill pool (well)
2. Water is clear
3. It rains
4. Water turns green
5. I attribute the green water to metals, then I add some ascorbic acid
6. Water is crystal clear for a few days
7. Water clarity becomes hazy, white.
8. Raise the shock level
9. Water gets cloudier

ugh! Why did my pool turn green? its clear, just green. The only other element that is not mentioned in my thread is the fact that I do have a lot of trees around me.

Help please.

[mbar]

I am really stumped too. The only thing I can think of is that the filter you have is not strong enough to handle all that is going on with your water. Everytime something small changes, it seems that the filter can't handle it. You seem to have a lot of sequesterer in the water - but some of them add phospates, which is food for algae - I feel like I am reaching for straws here - I just don't know. I just got a new product called "metal magic" from proteam. It is supposed to change the metals into a salt crystal - which can then filter out or be vacuumed to waste. I haven't tried it yet, because I just got it - I also am not having any staining right now, but I have a friend who does, and Iwill try it on her pool. I will be away this week-end, so I won't have any results till next week. I am so sorry for your trouble - It is also getting expensive for you too, so I can understand the frustration. I am sorry that I can't give you any other advice that comes from experience - just ideas on what can be happening. I would just keep the filter running 24/7 and hope that the sequester that you have in there will eventually bond to the metals, and the chlorine will do it's job, and the green will clear.

[szampino]

Thanks. I appreciate your efforts and look forward to hearing your successes.

I'm going to take my next step, add the AA.

This time, perhaps, Since my CYA is lower, it will be easier to raise the FC to shock level quicker, which may deter the White Cloud.

Wish me luck. (The filter came with the pool so I'm hoping it was sized right) I know others with the same pool and they don't have these problems. The only difference is the water.

Since I had the purple hue, I did some Internet searches and came up with references to Manganese. Does anyone have any experience with this in their water?