Water clarity problem

[keastman]

WB, it was phosphates, not nitrates I made a mistake in the first posting of it. . How much of a pain is dealing with phosphates and any way of telling if it is a factor in my problem other than treating and seeing what happens. Kevin

[waterbear]

I can tell you of my own experience with the NaturalChemistry line of products. I had to use them when my pool was first built. They work well but did cloud the pool for about a week (with a cartridge they recommend putting it in the pool and not in the skimmer since it will cause the pressure to shoot up) and then I had to do a filter cleaning after to remove the phosphates that precipitated out. I only needed one treatment to get to 0 ppm. I was adding the weekly maintenance dose until I ran out and haven't put any in lately but I am still at 0 ppm phosphate. I suspect that my phosphate problem came from something in the construction phase. IF you have high phosphates and an algae problem that doesn't respond to other treatments (chlorine and polyquat). then IMHO, it is worth a shot. If it works then you have your answer. If it doesn't then you only have to spend money on it once.

edit: my face is red from the typos and spelling errors in the original post. My only defense is I was at work (NOT the Pool Store) when I posted and got called away and just saved it before I had a chance to reread it and correct it. I admint that I am a trrible typist!