Dusty Bottom/Cloudy Water Issues

[MattTexas]

Update for Jun 13: Water was at 15ppm at dusk last night. Just tested about 2 hours after sunrise. It is at 14ppm with <.5 CC.

HOWEVER, it is still moderately cloudy. I can see the bottom of the pool, but it is very murky and blue.

What needs to be done to get rid of the cloudiness? Let everything settle and vac?

Right now my pump is running 24 hrs/day.

[Watermom]

Looks like you are making progress but since it has only been one day since you reported a 2ppm chlorine loss overnight and your pool is still cloudy, I'd keep the chlorine at shock level for another day and repeat the overnight test again tomorrow night.

Is your filter pressure rising? For now, keep your pump running 24/7.

[MattTexas]

I was out of town last night, but I had my teenager add enough chlorine to keep it superchlorinated until I get back. I'll run the test again tomorrow.

As to the pressure rising - the answer is "not really." For whatever reason, this tank has never showed increases in pressure over time when I use the filter. I flush lots and lots of brown and (occasionally) green gunk out of it when I do backwash, but the pressure never seems to rise. I've had two gagues on it, and they've both been this way. Not sure why.

[MattTexas]

Still at it.

I was at 16ppm at dusk last night, and I tested about an hour after sunrise and was at 12ppm.

Will repeat again tonight.

[Watermom]

Yes. Since you lost that much chlorine overnight, you are still fighting something. Continue doing this. (Re-read post #6 above.) You also need to be checking your CC reading each morning. And, any morning that you have had too big of an overnight chlorine loss, add enough chlorine that morning to get the level back up to shock.