MY Intex pool is green and cloudy

[PoolDoc]

Just stay with the recipe I gave you.

You will need a vacuum set. Period. Also, buying Unicel cartridges will help; the Intex OEM don't seem filter algae particles. I'll put links for the Unicels and a vacuum set. You'll need to get the Unicel's online, but you may be able to find a vacuum set on clearance at Walmart, etc for a lot less.

Ben

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+ The OEM cartridges in Intex / Summer Escapes / etc. filters are not high quality. The Intex manuals recommend replacing them completely every 2 weeks. A BETTER option is to replace them permanently with 2 - 3 Unicel cartridges, and rotating them through a cleaning solution. Properly maintained, the Unicel cartridges will last all season AND will filter better. So even though they cost more per cartridge, they cost less per season! Learn to maintain them, by reading this post, Cleaning-your-Cartridge-Filter-wiithout-Damaging-It!

But, purchasing them is tricky. Amazon does not consistently stock them, and some of the 3rd party sellers are charging high prices and/or high shipping. So, check the Amazon link, but watch out for the prices and shipping costs.

It would be nice if you could just buy them elsewhere, but many of the online pool stores are listing Pleatco or other Asian made low quality filters, as "Unicel C-4607 type" or "fits Unicel C-4607". So shop carefully!

Here are the Amazon links:

Unicel C-4607 Replacement Filter Cartridge (Easy Set Size A or C) @ Amazon
Unicel C-5315 Replacement Filter Cartridge for 15 Square Foot Intex B Filter @ Amazon

Poolmaster 27514 Classic Full View Triangular Vinyl Liner Vacuum
Hydro Tools 8365 8- to 16-Foot Adjustable Fluted Premium Fluted Telescopic Pool Pole, White
Hydro Tools 1-1/4-Inch Diameter With Swivel Cuff Pool Vacuum Hose

One caution: it may be necessary to get some sort of adapter to connect vac hose to the skimmer or pool. Possibly, something like this
Intex Vacuum Tube Adaptor
However, I am NOT recommending that, because I'm not sure it's what you'll need, or even if you will need it. Also, I hate to see a $9 shipping charge with a $9 item -- that's not a ripoff necessarily, but I'd rather find a better way.

[reboot530]

Hello,

This morning my pool is not Green Yea!!!!!! But it's still cloudy. How do I get it clear? I did buy the replacement filter cartridge from amazon. I should get it saturday.
So now what do I do clear up the cloudy mess..... I did get a vacuum and already vacuumed the pool. My kids want to swim I told them not yet!!!! Let me know how to clear up the rest. When I get home I will do a test for the PH.... Thanks again for the help!!!!!

[Watermom]

Continue with the high chlorine levels and also run your pump 24/7 right now, cleaning the filter as needed. The chlorine will kill the algae but it is your filter that will filter it out.

[PoolDoc]

Let 'em swim!

With your chlorine high, the only dangers are faded swimwear (from the chlorine) and a disappeared kid (from the cloudy water). Just keep a good eye on them, and have them wear old suits, and let them in!

[reboot530]

Ok I recieved the test kit. I tested the ph and still to low. I added more bleach and the rest of the box of borax. Now what should I do to clear it up? I would like to to look into getting a new filter pump instead of what was bought any suggestions?

Do I keep adding the two gallons of bleach each evening or stop and now do what?

[PoolDoc]

Ok I recieved the test kit. I tested the ph and still to low.

Post actual test results: FC, CC, pH, TA, Calcium, CYA

Do I keep adding the two gallons of bleach each evening or stop and now do what?

Probably -- but without results, I don't know for sure. If you haven't brushed the pool completely, put your 2 gallons in, and then brush it.

With respect to a filter, I think you are hoping for results that a new filter is unlikely to provide. I'm not aware of any Intex compatible filter system that's going to clear dead algae quickly. The Unicel cartridges I recommended above will help.

But, if you REALLY want a high performing filter system, that will give you crystal clear water quickly, you'd need to adapt a small standard AG pool pump plus an AG DE-type filter to your pool. Here's the type of combo I mean:

Hayward SP15922S Power-Flo Matrix Above-Ground Pump 2-Speed
Perflex DE Filter with Valve

That combo would clean your pool very, very quickly, and would be economical to run if you left it on low speed almost all the time, as you should. But, I am NOT recommending it -- adapting it to an Intex would be fairly tricky --- and that system will stop up instantly with LIVE algae in your pool.

[reboot530]

Pooldoc/ben

I will take reading when I get home from work. I was asking about upgrading my filter that comes with the pool because I don't think they are very good. So I was looking to upgrade to just have a better pump/filter instead of using the one that came with the pool. So you gave me two choices hayward and perflex do I need both or should I pick one? That's all.... Thanks Again... Aaron