Dirty water

[PoolDoc]

1. What kind of pool do you have?

2. What color is your water? Is it cloudy, too?

3. What are your pH and chlorine readings? (Go get a cheapo OTO / phenol red drops kit, if you don't have one.)


Meanwhile:

1. Run your pump 24/7. If you have an Intex or Summer Escapes pool, order the appropriate Unicel cartridges (see http://pool9.net/ssr/

2. Maintain adequate chlorine levels -- use bleach or dichlor as needed. You do NOT want a pool that is dirty + algae filled.

[Lawater]

It went from a dirty color to olive green its an intex pool and we have been running the pump

[PoolDoc]

Better add bleach, till the green goes away. You are about to end up with a swamp, and it takes weeks to clear a swamp in a soft-side pool, unless you have add-on filtration.