White foam on cloudy water

[crsuarez]

Thank you both for your prompt replies. I will keep chlorinating the pool until I see CC = 0. Any idea how long will it take for the water to clear once CC reaches 0? Once CC reaches 0, do I need to keep chlorine at the shock level? Thanks!!!!

[crsuarez]

By the way, I have not used any algecide or clarifier...

[waterbear]

I would keep it there until the water clears or at least until your FC is holding steady. It might take up to a week longer for your filter to clear the cloudiness out of the pool if it was the start of an algae blooom.

[crsuarez]

How do I know the FC is holding steady? For example, yesterday at 9pm I had FC 18.5 and CC of 1, at 1pm I had FC of 12 and CC of 1. How much FC am I suppose to loose because of the sun? Is the FC lost because of direct sun or just because of the daylight?
Thanks for your help...

[Watermom]

You are still losing a lot of FC. Plus, the fact that you have a CC of 1 means that you are still fighting something. You'll be able to tell when your FC is holding steady when you can shock it at night and still have pretty much the same FC level in the morning and when your CC is 0.

[crsuarez]

I will then keep shocking until CC = 0. Thanks!!!!