Hello Pool Forum,

Super glad to have found this lifeline to my pool problems. This question I am sure is answered somewhere in this forum but time will not allow me to research.

The pool is 1000 gallons, above ground, vinyl with the small D size filter canister pump. I am using test strips (and the whole forum groans and rolls their eyes) and according to them the chemistry is fairly close. The first couple of weeks the water was crystal clear with only slightly low PH and free chlorine between 1 & 2 PPM and total chlorine at the low end of OK on the strip. I missed a day or so of checking on the pool and it bloomed green. I read up and dealt with the bloom. Here is my problem, I can't seem to get back to clear water. I'm using new filters every day or so and washing them every few hours. They are filtering and slowing the flow of water until cleaned. My guess is I don't have enough filter capacity. Are there any tricks to help this situation and if not what would the best filter be for this pool. I see there are many different styles of filter and really would not like to spend 200.00 + if I can help it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

MikeMerritt