Persistent Cloudy Water...now worse
I started this spring with a pool not maintained properly by the previous owners the past season and not closed properly in the fall. The pool was left uncovered during the winter when we acquired the house and we started to try to get the pool in shape beginning in mid May. At that time the pool looked like a swamp with clumps of green algae floating on the surface.
Fortunately I came across the Pool Solutions web site and this forum just before starting on the swamp. I have tried to follow the BBB method to the "T" and now after nearly a month and a half I am getting quite frustrated. I started with no CYA in the water and began nightly doses of of bleach that brought the FC to at least 15PPM on a nightly basis. Finally after weeks of this treatment I began seeing the water turn to blue but still very cloudy. I have left the filter on 24/7 since I began. In the whole month and a half the water has never cleared enough to make out the pattern on the bottom of the pool. We have had bluish cloudy water until about two days ago when the water turned a cloudy murky brownish green. While swimming near the bottom I can see what appears to be a brown dusting on the bottom that swirls up into the water when a hand or foot passes near. The night after the water turned a cloudy murky brownish green I shocked to FC of 20PPM which made no difference in the appearance of the water.
My test results this morning with my Taylor K2006 kit were as follows:
FC 4.0
CC 0.5
PH 7.4
TA 70
CH 60
CYA 50
Any help in getting this pool straightened out would be greatly appreciated...Thanks
33' round 25.6K gal AG vinyl pool; Bleach 6%; 25" Cooper sand filter; HP 1.5 SPL Waterway pump; 24hrs; Taylor K 2006; utility water; summer: none; winter: none; ; PF:4.7
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