Just make sure your chlorine is always 3 ppm by shocking your pool regularly and you wont have any algae growth in your pool. I have used clarifier as well. This has never happened in 10 years of maintaining this pool. Here is a link to a complete guide on how to clear a green pool: Hi, my pool was green I shocked it but the shock stuff was 6 months out of date (with hindsight!) I added citric acid to my pool to remove a stain. The water is still cloudy - blueish color. Finally, you can try adding chlorine stabilizer such as Cyanuric acid to help maintain free chlorine levels.Low calcium hardness(CH) is not associated with cloudy water but it causes damage to pool parts, especially to plaster, vinyl liners, grout in between tiles, metal rails, and concrete around the pool. If it's not ammonia then it could be your filter that needs replacement of filtering media i.e sand or D.E filtering agent.I did resurface of my pool and i followed all the instruction in running the pool pump for the first 72 hours after filling my pool with city water and all the chemicals required by the pool guy and changed the filter and clean it almost daily and brushing the pool twice a day now is almost 21 days passed for this procedure and still getting cloudy water can you help thanksWhat is your Cyanuric acid level? Also, if the stuff coming back in the pool is sand, your filter might be faulty and you need to check that your filter is not releasing sand into the pool.Should the water coming out of the return be white looking & it seems as if it's putting stuff back in the pool. I have been vacuuming because there is a fine brown silt that is collecting on the bottom of the pool. My pool has a little cloudy, I can see the bottom, but the water not very clear. Lower the Cya level to read between 40ppm to 60ppm by draining and refilling a portion of your pool water.High phosphate levels also contribute cloudy pool water. 97 98 99
Vacuuming may also work in case you have debris in your pool, you can use pool floc and then vacuum the pool using a manual pool pump.Barack, thank you for your reply, it was very much appreciated. Blue or greenish colour might indicate green algae and if so, you need a lot of liquid chlorine (preferably) in order to kill algae.Is it possible to use a pool floc if you have a cartridge filter?Yes, you can use pool floc in a pool with any type of filter. Run your pump on high during the SLAM. Baking soda will raise your pH and high pH is dangerous since it can cause metal stains and also turns your water cloudy.
It's an above ground 5000 gallon pool, had it for years, this has never happened for this long before, always was able to clear it, but this time ots been about 2 weeks.
Finally balance all your chemicals starting with pH.I have Very Cloudy Pool Water. We vacuumed the DE and/or other debris, but within minutes the whole pool is cloudy again.
Phosphate remover is not enough. Anything below a pH of 7.0 is too low, and apart from turning water cloudy, this environment brings about harmful bacteria causing ammonia and algae.A poor water-circulation system can also be a big problem. Feel free to communicate any progress or problem for more help.Please Please Help! Make sure you use a reliable test kit like Lamotte ColorQ Pro or Taylor test kit to give accurate readings.Don't worry about high chlorine levels, just leave your pump running for 24 hours and chlorine level will reduce by itself. Good luck!Hi I have to much calcium in my well water, how do I fix it?Hi Rupra, the cloudiness must be as a result of insufficient chlorine in the pool. Besides white flakes from white water mold, a telltale sign of biofilm is cloudy water or a bad odor coming from the water.
If higher than 7.8, the chlorine will not be effective in sanitizing your water and turns cloudy.Also, your FC level might be low and if you raise pH, available chlorine will be weak and that means your water turn cloudy.No HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked. What do I do in this situation? Your pH is a little lower and it should be between 7.4 and 7.6. I was told it had no chlorine and I have 2 3" tablets in it at all times. In this case, you should take another reading of free chlorine and do the shocking again using liquid chlorine (sodium hypochlorite).You should also check that all chemicals—especially pH, total alkalinity, cyanuric acid, and calcium hardness—are within the recommended levels. It's been about 2 weeks since the application.
We have added phosphate reducer twice in the last 3 weeks. If it's not clear after brushing and vacuuming it, chances are high that you have ammonia or algae is still there: Test pH and lower it to around 7.2 if it's more than 7.4, then use liquid chlorine (preferably) to raise your FC to around 12ppm with cyanuric acid level of 30ppm, watch how FC will work by testing your FC level after 30 minutes, if FC drops below 4ppm quickly raise it back up to 12ppm and repeat the process until FC becomes stable between 4-6ppm, leave it to come down to 3ppm then raise Cyanuric acid to 40ppm and your water should come clear.Make sure you balance all the other chemicals in your water including Calcium hardness.My water is cloudy in my swimming pool, and I have shocked it, used a clarifier, and cleaned the filter at least once a day.