Cloudy Pool Water - Could use some help

[Watermom]

CC still 0! That is a good thing. How is the water clarity? Any improvement today? Go ahead and add some bleach tonight to take it up to about 12-15. Hopefully, it will all still be there in the morning and the CC will still be 0.

Watch your filter pressure since you added DE. You only want a 1psi rise in pressure.

[bcooper27]

Hi.....I can definitely see the bottom of the pool, just not that 'sparkling' clear water that we're all looking for. I would call it 'dull' at best.

I'll add another 182oz jug of bleach now and let the filter run overnight. We'll see how that works.

Thanks for the hand-holding. I appreciate it.

[Watermom]

You betcha! Glad to help. Hoping you can swim this weekend!

[bcooper27]

As of 11pm here are my cl levels:

FC = 17.2 ppm
CC = 0

We'll see what they look like in the morning. Have a good evening!

[bcooper27]

As of 8:30am here are my cl levels:

FC = 11.0 ppm
CC = 0
pH = 7.2

Water seems to be VERY slowly getting clearer, but again very hard to tell. Still very dull. Unsure why I would lose so much cl overnight though.

I'll be gone most of the morning and early afternoon with family but will check the levels later when I get home.

Happy 4th of July everyone!!

[Watermom]

Go ahead and add more bleach this morning. I was hoping you wouldn't have chlorine loss overnight. Darn. Don't forget to check filter pressure. Have a good day with your family.

[mbar]

Watermom, I will go along with you on this, because you know more than I do about pools, but I thought as long as you don't have cc then it is ok to swim. I was thinking the chlorine loss was due to the chlorine breaking down the dead stuff (watermold) so it could be filtered out. I know when I was fighting watermold the water took a while to clear, and it used up mega doses of chlorine. It took almost a week for the water to get back to it's regular sparkly clean look. I am very interested in you answer, thanks