New Pool w cloudy water and algae problem

[aylad]

You are not going to be able to clear up the algae/cloudy water problem overnight. You can shock it tonight and then cover tomorrow if you want, but you're going to come back to green water after 6 days. Do you have anybody that could come by and put bleach in the pool daily while you're gone? The only way your water is going to clear is going to be to maintain your shock level without letting it yo-yo up and down (and that shock level depends on your CYA level....0-30 is an awfully big range...). If you don't have somebody that can add chlorine while you're gone, shock it tonight, cover it tomorrow, and hope for the best-- but don't expect your water to be clear when you get back.

Janet

[cokecraze]

Thank you for all your help.

It is a miracle. When I opened the pool yesterday, the water is pretty clear. I can see the bottom finally. I think the cover kept the chlorine in the water. Also, I have put in two chlorine stick in the two skimmers. That probably kept the chlorine level up. I put in 3 gallons of bleach yesterday and today to keep up the chlorine level. Hopefully, by the end of this week, I can use the pool. Thank you for all your advises. I really learnt a lot in this forum.

On the other hand, do you know what I found in the water after the water turns clear. I found a box level. Those mason people must have dropped that in the pool. I also found the head of the Polaris 150. The hose is detached from the Polaris 150 when it is operating. Since the water is so cloudy, I cannot locate the head until now. I do not like those cleaner that have to be attach to the skimmer. I have a DE filter. It always clog up the filter. I have since backwash for so many times.

I have bought the Dolphin Dynamics from Costco. I read all the posts warning people about the Dolphin cleaner. I wish to give it a try. It cleared all the dirt (seeds from spring and sand and even gravels.) from the bottom of the pool.