having trouble with a cloudy pool

[adambeazley]

oh Gosh, I even drew the swimming pool in 3D when I first moved in, to get the cu. ft. and you are right its 30,000 gallons, I'm not sure why I was saying 50K... I guess I just remembered wrong one day and just started repeating it.

[adambeazley]

ok just an update... a few days ago I put in about 8lbs of stabilizer and finally today my CYA is at a 52-53 (I'm in South Louisiana).
CYA: 52
PH: 7.2 <--why did this drop? Add Borax or baking soda? TA is low... does that mean baking soda woudl be better
FC: 5.6 ppm (when I tested it earlier--> shocked with 8 more gallons of 8% Bleach-> this should put my chlorine up to about 22ppm)
CC: 0.4 ppm
CH: 110 ppm
TA: 90 ppm

So my main question is what do I do next other than just brush the pool, keep the FC levels high >15 and wait for the pool to clear up? Should I try to adjust the PH at this point? Would I be better off using baking soda to do that in order to increase the Alkalinity too?

thanks for all of the help.

PS: I went ahead and did the side by side test that you asked me to do and here are the results from the Biogard Multi-test 1200-V

FC: 5 ish ppm <-- its harder to read and match than the taylor kit, but close, however the Biogard kit only goes up to 5 ppm for Free Chlorine.
PH" 7.2-7.5 <-- somewhere in between.. again its hard to read and match (taylor is much better)
TA: 110 ppm <-- same at Taylor test

thats all the test that the multi-test offers. For the most part its pretty accurate, but hard to read comparatively speaking.

[PoolDoc]

If you would, fill out the chart, so I can advise you better: http://pool9.net/pf-chart/

Also, tell me how your water *looks*.

[adambeazley]

looks dark and still a little cloudy. I can finally see the bottom at the shallow end, so that's good.

[PoolDoc]

Color?

[adambeazley]

Blue, but still cloudy.

[PoolDoc]

+ Run your filter 24/7

+ Only backwash on a 4 psi or greater pressure rise.

+ Add 2 - 4 cups of DE filter powder (Lowes, Ace, Home Depot, Amazon) to skimmer after each backwash. Watch for rapid pressure increase. Discontinue when pool is clear.

? What size filter do you have?