Dave S.

Here is the answer. The clarifier definitely worked. I put in 12 ounces of clarifier(and nothing else, no more bleach was added only the chorine puck floater that had been in since the beginning) in a 23k inground vinyl pool after days of socking bleach to it and within 8 to 10 hours it went from a semi clear blue to the crystal clear water I remember.

I think there are 2 main reasons for this in my case. One is pollen. I had a loop loc cover on over the winter and the pollen in the early part of the spring went right into the water in addition to all the pollen that is still floating around in the air. Combine this with the fact I changed out my sand late last year and I think the result was my new sand wasn't "dirty" enough to catch all the tiny microns that were clouding my water. The bleach did a great job of destroying the algae and sanitizing the pool however my filter needed a little help in catching all the tiny particals that were clouding the water. I'm not saying that everyone to should run to the store and buy liquid clarifier but in my case it did resolve the issue. However remember I had the pool balanced before I tried the clarifier. I like most in this forum believe that most cloudy water issues can be resolved with grocery store products however if you have a sand filter particularly with new sand then you would probably benefit from a little clarifier.

Russ