Stabilizer ?

[hannadock]

I didn't see my last post but I read in 7am and 6pm. running pump 24/7. Came home today and did my backwash. Water still cloudy so I can't really tell what's in the bottom in the deep end. When I brushed the walls and floor what was on the deep in came up and mixed in with the water. Added 4 more gallons of bleach. Thanks

[aylad]

Usually when the pool goes from green/cloudy to blue/cloudy it means the algae is dying, and the cloudiness is the dead algae in the water, which will be removed by your filter. Make sure your filter runs 24/7 and that you backwash as needed as the filter takes all of it out.

Janet

[hannadock]

Ok. I am backwashing/rinsing/vacuuming/bleaching everyday my water is still cloudy blue. Realistically how long will it take for my water to clear up? Thanks

[Watermom]

Usually within a week. Make sure you are running your pump 24/7 as Janet suggested. If, after a week, you are losing no more than 1 ppm of chlorine overnight and it is still cloudy, you might add a dose of Polyquat 60%. It is the only algaecide we recommend, (although algaecides are more of a preventative against algae forming rather than taking care of an algae problem) but it will also act as a clarifier which might help.

But -- give it a week. It will probably be cleared up in that time.

[aylad]

You could go ahead and add your stabilizer now if you'll put it in an old sock or knee-hi and hang it in front of a return so that it dissolves into your pool. That way the stabilizer should be registering by the time you're ready to lower your chlorine levels to normal. You don't want to put it into your skimmer until you're finished with the frequent backwashings, though. Follow label directions to dose it to 20 ppm but put it in the sock instead of broadcasting it like the directions say. It dissolves slowly, so I wouldn't bother to test for it for at least 4-5 days after you've added it to the pool.

Janet

[AnnaK]

The stabilizer I bought last year dissolves very quickly, which surprised me when I first dosed my pool because the stuff I had used prior to that was granular and slow to dissolve. This product, sold by Seaboard, is 100% cyanuric acid and is flakes rather than granules.

I've put 2 cups in a skimmer sock, knotted it and put it in the skimmer basket. The product was dissolved within 6 hours (pump on); the water temperature was approximately 58°F at the time. It showed up on my CYA test the next day.

I've also put it inside the collector bag of my PoolSkim while the pump was running. It was dissolved the next morning and was measurable.

Just thought I'd share my personal experience because there seem to be different kinds of CYA available. Not all are the slow-dissolving kind.

[hannadock]

where is the best place to buy Polyquat 60%. My chlorine is still high because I am putting bleach in it everyday and nothing else. My water is not clear but see thru cloudy. I can see the vacuum head in the bottom in the deep end but not good. My ph finally went to around 6 today. Should I now be trying keep my ph up? By the way how long does test kit tablets sealed in alum stay good?