Pool back from green but not clear

[CarlD]

You are getting good advice. Try it first. You need to shock your pool as suggested (use bleach or liquid chlorine--easiest to use and least side effects) to kill and metabolize everything.

Then you need to get all the dead stuff out. The DE improves sand filter performance, but ONLY add enough to raise pressure 1 pound. Start with a 1/3 of a cup poured slowly into the skimmer, wait 20 min and check pressure. Repeat until it's up a pound. If you accidentally go too high (say, 5 pounds) and it's clogging up, simply backwash to get the DE out and start again.

[ivyleager]

To aide in clearing your pool, you may also want to consider using a skimmer sock to help catch particles before they get to the filter. I have been amazed at the gunk it catches, and continues to catch, in my crystal clear pool.

You can purchase these skimmers socks at WalMart (package of 3 for about $5). However, not all WalMart carries them. I have 3 WalMarts in my area, and only the Super WalMart has them, which coincidentally has the better stocked pool department.

Good luck.

CaryB
Go 'Canes!

[cdlong]

Thanks for the advice, DE is in, pool is up to shock level and filter is running, now I just have to wait. As for the skimmer sock, I learned a trick from this forum to use womens nylon stockings - which I have been, and I too am suprised from all the stuff it catches pre-filter, my wife is also suprised on her diminishing nylon drawer - I did not know there were "good ones". I'm learning more than I thought.