Quote Originally Posted by Redwolf View Post
I am really dreading putting the calcium in as I already have a cloudy pool.
Adding calcium should not normally cloud the pool unless your pH/TA is very high. As a safeguard you can drop the pH to around 7.2 before adding the calcium, predissolve no more than about 5-10 lbs at at time in a large bucket of water and walk it around the pool, and break the additions into 3 or 4 with a wait of a few hours in between so everything can circulate and mix.
All that being said, I just broadcast the dry calcium chloride over the pool surface in two or three batches without really waiting in between and have never had a problem. My pH is between 7.6 and 7.8 and I keep my TA at 70 ppm.