Cloudy Water

[xoroniox]

Hello,
did you have algae? I had a bad algae bloom and after shocking the pool with plenty of chlorine after a week or so it turned a nice color but VERY cloudy, i tried floc and it hardly helped. I got advice from this forum to continue and add chlorine keeping the ppm high and filter 24/7 after 10days my pool turned crystal clear. My advice is the same thing, shock and filter 24/7 until its clear, also wash out the filter and baskets. however if you a party coming up you want a right now fix i assume and im stumped there. Goodluck and i hope it clears up really quickly.

hope i helped, -Arron

[JohnT]

What are you doing as far as vacuuming, brushing and cleaning? Is there anything settling out onto the floor? Any sand on the pool bottom or coming out the backwash hose? (Might indicate filter problems)

Also, make sure you are backwashing often enough. Don't just rely on the gauge, as they sometimes stick. Make sure you have enough flow, and that your skimmer and pump baskets are clean.

[aylad]

There are many, many, many, many reasons why your pool may be cloudy. The floc may or may not be part of your problem. However, without all the test results the posters have been asking for, any advice they give you will be a shot in the dark. We need current test results (numbers, not "good", or "in range", or "normal") for combined chlorine, free chlorine, pH, total alk, Calcium, and CYA. With those numbers, we should be able to give you useful advice that will help you get your pool clear.\

Janet