Sky Blue water - cloudy going on 4 weeks

[Watermom]

Good advice from Janet. Fight the urge to be "doing something." Other than adding bleach and Borax, nothing else should be going into your pool right now. Many times, people are so intent on clearing their pools that they end up making things worse by adding every product on the shelf at the pool store that the teenager behind the counter recommends. Bleach, Borax and patience are what is needed now. Keep us posted how things are going.

[LP Heaven]

Hi all - quick update

Earlier today, Mrs. Heaven had the big box of 20 Mule in the garage. I added it slowly into the skimmer.

It appears my ph levels are exactly the same after a testing about 15 minutes ago.

I will head to the store and get Borax/Bleach until I start getting some movement there.( well in a while - those daquiris kick ya in the booboo !

Also CC was very low but TC was around 3 or 4 id guess by the color. When I stand in the pool i can see my feet which is better than yesterday already.

From your help, i'm confident i'm on the right track TYVM !!!!

The water feels very nice almost silky if that is a good description.

Cheers !

Rob

P.S. The psi went up a bit so i backwashed/rinsed and back to 11 psi which is normal for my system.

Have not added DE yet. The 8 gal liquid chlorine was 12.5%

I have also turned off the feeder.

[Watermom]

You want CC to be low. Ideally you want it to be zero. CC is combined chlorine or chlorine that has "already been used up" oxidizing something. Keep at the Borax and since the water is still cloudy, the cl level needs to be higher as well.

[LP Heaven]

The pool is clearing by the minute !!! words cannot describe how much I thank you !

The PH is still a little low so i'm still working on that, but the CC/TC levels look great and held over night even after the storm dropped about 2".

Major storm caused havoc here last night(loss of power for 8 hours) so i'll be cleaning most of today.

I can see the shallow end perfectly and all walls in the deep to about 4-5'

Just added more 20 Mule and will test in a few hours !

Kiddies were in all day yesterday and had a blast - thats what its all about afterall !

Rob

[Watermom]

Glad it is clearing. It is amazing what a little bleach and Borax can do for you, isn't it?

[Alemeg]

Great thread. I'm experiencing the same problem and everything that has been said has been helpful. I am going to follow what was said for the others. My question is what product can I use to raise the alkalinity. Right now I'm at 45. My CYA is 50, Ph 7.2, FC 3. I don't want to buy one of the Pool Co. products for fear of what else it may do. Is theree a "pure" prooduct I can add.

[Watermom]

Baking soda can be used to raise alk.

[aylad]

Hello, Alemeg, welcome to the forum!!

Just wanted to add a caution that your Cl is on the low end of recommended for a CYA of 50--don't let it get below 3!

Janet