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    Default Cloudy Water & CL Going Going Gone

    Can someone give me a hint at what might be happening?

    During the last 10 days we have lost an average of around 5 ppm FC per day.
    We have been trying to keep the FC over 5ppm because Ben’s BG Chart says to with the CYA at 60ppm.
    On Sunday the FC was 4 so we put in 17 oz Cal Hypo By Monday PM the FC was 4 again.
    We put 48 oz Cal Hypo in on Monday Evening (mistake should have been 39oz) to raise FC to 12 ppm with an expected loss of 6 ppm during the day. The water got very cloudy.
    Tuesday Morning FC was 13 ppm and 7.5 ppm by dark --- Added another 22 oz Cal Hypo. Water was still cloudy.
    Wednesday AM FC was 10.5 ppm and 7.0 ppm by dark.. --- Added another 14 oz Cal Hypo. Water is still very cloudy.

    We are using up a bucket of 65% Calcium Hypochlorite we bought before we found this site and have not had any pucks in for about a month.

    Air temp has been close to 95 in the afternoon every day.
    Water temp 82 F in the mornings 87 F when the sun goes down – Running solar system at night to take some heat out. We run the robot everyday to gather up minor dirt and bugs + calcium dust that precipitates out. There is no algae visible.
    The pump has been running 24/7 since it got hot.

    This evenings test results are:
    pH 7.5 Titration
    FC 7.0 ppm (FAS-DPD)
    TC 7.0 ppm (FAS-DPD)
    CC 0 ppm (FAS-DPD)
    TA 90 ppm (by titration)
    CH 260 ppm (by titration)
    Phosphates <100 ppm
    EDIT --- CYA 60 ppm with R0013 kit
    ORP = 698

    These numbers have been consistent throughout except the CL that goes up and down respectively with the additions of Cal Hypo.

    The two main questions are ---
    Why is the water remaining so cloudy? We have never had this problem before even after shocking.
    Why are we loosing so much FC over a 24 hour period?
    Should I be worried?

    26865 Gallon -- Inground -- Vinyl liner -- DE filter.
    Last edited by Jakebear; 08-02-2006 at 10:51 PM.

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