Problem with water being cloudy/murky.

[TheGoose]

Thanks for your quick reply. I do test my own water, and right now the pH is within range, as is the hardness/alk. I don't have the numbers sitting in front of me as I'm away at the moment but I will have them tomorrow. The only reason I'm taking them to the pool place is to see if they get anything different. They always try to sell me some stuff I don't need but I never fall for their tactics.

I'm really at wits end with this pool. Last year after having the plaster and skimmers fixed it was a dream for a few months. Very simple and easy maintenance, chlorine stayed good, everything was great until the end of the season when I started having problems. Now i'm back to my nightmare. I didn't think that the sand went bad but perahps I'm not flushing it throughly or maybe I need to run my pump longer? Right now I'm running it 12 hrs per day with an in-line chlorinator but the water never clears, even when I keep the chlorine levels high for days.

Also I forgot to add that I am considering going back to a DE style filter. I have heard that they work much better, and now that my skimmers are functioning properly I would be able to charge it correctly ( my skimmers were non-functional until last year. Long story). Any thoughts on this?