cloudy water all summer?

[hsdancer]

Guess I didn't realize how much CYA we lost when drawing down the pool after all the rain. The CYA is in the skimmers as I type, and am bringing down the pH. Will test in a few hours and keep bringing pH down to 7.2.

The calcium hardness is 120 (purplish) to 130 (blue).

How do I test forthe level of Borates? I have Borax.

[waterbear]

Guess I didn't realize how much CYA we lost when drawing down the pool after all the rain. The CYA is in the skimmers as I type, and am bringing down the pH. Will test in a few hours and keep bringing pH down to 7.2.

The calcium hardness is 120 (purplish) to 130 (blue).
With this low a calcium then the cloudines is probably not from the calcium preciptating out (unless it was higher and already did) but probably from the chlorine getting spot depleted in the pool because of the low CYA. If dropping the ph has no impact on the cloudiness then it's the CYA level. If it clears the pool then retest your CH. You will probably find that it went up as the calcium carbonate redisssolved.
How do I test forthe level of Borates? I have Borax.

This link should tell you all you need to know about adding borates.