Cloudy water

[Watermom]

Keep at it. It can sometimes take awhile to filter out dead algae. Are you running your pump 24/7? If not, do so while you are trying to clear the water.

[jbalcorn]

I run it 24/7 all season.

I guess It just required patience.

[jbalcorn]

Is dead algae the most likely source of the white cloudiness? It's no better today, if anything, it might be a little worse. I did a quick check with my OTO tester:

TC: 4
Ph: 7.4

It rained hard this morning.

I've backwashed the filter to make sure it's running at it's best multiple times. It's running at 24 PSI, which is exactly where it was when we installed it. When it gets dirty, it gets up to 30psi. The filter baskets are all clear. I had the eyelets pointing up before, I pointed them down to make sure that the water flow got all the water through the filter.

I shocked the pool Thursday evening to kill the algae - it's been more than 2 days of constant filtering. Is it really expected to take this long to start clearing it up?

[msb1766]

Try putting a stocking inside the return basket, I did and had alot of pollen in the water.

[famdog]

You could try a clarifier. It's a liquid binder designed to bind particles in the water to one another, making them bigger, ie: big enough to get caught in your filter. A filter sock will not work, as anything small enough to get thru your filter, will get thru the sock (easily). When I had an algae bloom last year, I had to vacuum up all the dead algae, as it would tend to sit on the bottom and not get circulated in my 24' AG enough to get into the skimmer. What type of filter do you have?