Sand on bottom and water is dull (not sparkling)?

[mjs31]

I am not sure it is sand any more. Although it looks like it, it is extremely fine so if I touch it with a brush it dissolves only to come back again. I have been running my pool in bypass for the last 24 hours and no sign of this deposit. I then added a bunch of walmart brand bleach this morning and when I looked at it after 3 hours the residue was coming back on the bottom. I have always used the same bleach without this issue, but I am starting to wonder if it is coming from it. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks

[aylad]

Are you using plain, unscented bleach? Not the new and improved Clorox with the added ingredients? Any chance that it's either pollen from a nearby tree, or sand from nearby construction or dirt roads? Also you say that you've had the filter on bypass with no residue....when you added the bleach, did you switch it back to filter? That to me would still point toward a lateral problem.

Janet

[mjs31]

Are you using plain, unscented bleach? Not the new and improved Clorox with the added ingredients? Any chance that it's either pollen from a nearby tree, or sand from nearby construction or dirt roads? Also you say that you've had the filter on bypass with no residue....when you added the bleach, did you switch it back to filter? That to me would still point toward a lateral problem.

Janet

Hi. Regular unscented bleach and I kept it in bypass. I am wondering if when I pour in the bleach it is bringing small particles to the bottom of the pool with it? May be pollen or something similar. Not quite sure what it is. I touch it with a brush and it dissapears, but it will come back.