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AS promised here are the pictures. Before, Foamy Water: Before, Cloudy Water (Spa) After, Clear Water: Had five kids in the pool or I would have posted a pic of it too. Thanks for all the help guys. The Pool Owner Patience was the hardest for me I kept expecting it to clear up...

One final update then I'll post some pictures this evening once it's completely clear. Checked on it FC is at 23, CC at 0, sun is still not directly on the pool yet as the house shades it pretty well in the mornings, I expect the Chlorine to really start breaking down this afternoon. Pool was...

Water is much clearer again this morning can see everything except the bottom of the deep end. FC was at 24 this morning with CC at 0. Going to let the FC come down today and then check the PH. TA is down to 230 (if that test is accurate at the high FC levels) and CH is up to 120. Going to...

Water finally cleared considerably today after an elevated shock level. FC is at 24 now, CC is at .5 and I can see the bottom of the shallow end and about halfway to the deep end. TA is testing at 240 which is a nice drop form the mid 300's we started in, I didn't test the PH and assume with...

Just spent over an hour cleaning the filter cartridges. Granted not my bet job ever, but only got a 2 psi drop in filter pressure, that was very disappointing. Wondering if some clarifier wouldn't help at this point. FC is still over 10 (just did a quick test with a strip), so I will probably...

Update: Went to the pool store today, picked up some more acid and some cal-hypo. Added two bags of cal-hypo and some acid today. Tested a couple of hours later. FC is 20, CC is 0 for the 1st time, CYA is about 25. The foam is completely gone, but the pool is still extremely cloudy. Going...

Just a quick update: Last night before bed FC was 14.5, CC 1.5, CYA was 20ish (slightly more than 20). This morning FC was 15, CC 1.0. Going to be gone for about 4 hours, so I added 1 Lb of Di-Chlor shock, which should put the FC 20 18-19, and the CYA to about 25. I will test when I get...

Okay. Going to add 2 lbs of di-chlor and do a full test in about an hour.

I am beginning to wonder if I am doing these tests right (not that I see a way I could be doing them wrong). Last night FC was 2, so Pool calc said to add three jugs (2.9 to be exact) of 182 oz 6% bleach. I only had 2 jugs, so I dumped them both in figuring that would be good enough for the...

PH is now 7.2, TA at 280 turned the Waterfall off for the night. FC was at 2.0, CC at 1.5, Shocked it back up to 16 FC, will re-test in the morning. With the waterfall running some of the foam returned, but it's still a lot better than it was, but the water is not any clearer.

Chlorine dropped to 8, so I checked, ph was 7.8, ta was 300, so I added 128oz of muratic acid to drop PH to 7.0. Pool calc said this would only lower the TA by 30, so I turned on the waterfall to speed up the aeration, will raise the FC back to shock levels in an hour or two. The foam...

Ok, so at this point my plan is to: Test again this evening and add muratic acid to lower the ph to 7.2. Then wait an hour for that to circulate, and add enough bleach to get FC levels to 16. Then wait a couple hours and test again and add more bleach if needed, but primarily to establish a...

Couple of updates. Most of the foam is gone. Water is still very cloudy. Did an FC and CC and CYA test. FC is down to 12, CC is at 2, making TC 14. CYA is definitely < 10 (The CYA test water in the tube obscured the dot slightly more than the pure pool water, but the dot was still visible...

I ntoiced my Walmart is now stocking large bags of Baking Soda in their pool supply section. :) And Arm and Hammer has some Backing Soda 3" Tabs they are selling there too. Evidently you use them in a feeder (separate from your Chlorine feeder) and they offset the PH drop from the Trichlor...

Oh and on the CYA test I'm using the one that came in the TF-100 test kit, where the black dot disappears. I also have some test strips I just double checked with them, the Chlorine is reading off the Chart, the TA is off the chart too, the CH is about where I'd expect (low) and the CYA looks...

Thanks for the response. Filter pressure has gone up, but not by more than 3 psi since I began shocking. Once I got all my pump/plumbing problems worked out I completely cleaned all of the filter cartridges, so I started with a nice clean set. My filter gauge has a little green and red arrow...

I've had a lot of trouble getting my pool started this year. Had a pump go out on me, and the pool set for about a month with no care/chemicals/circulating water. I finally got all my pump and plumbing problems worked out and started shocking the pool to get rid of the algae/green swamp. I am...

I never thought of the raised spa having an effect, but yes the spa is raised. I guess I will go see if the pool store has one of those gizmos to block the skimmer. I live in houston and we don't do much winterizing of the pools down here. As for suction side air leaks, there have always...

I am having an issue with my pump not priming from the pool, but it primes just fine from the spa. Let me give you the full story. Back in late February the pump kicked on overnight due to it's freeze protection activating. When I awake the next morning, the pump motor had burned itself out...

That's good to know. Pool is looking much better this afternoon but still cloudy. I have a bunch of work to catch up on, but will test in a bit and add more bleach if needed to keep it at shock level until it is clear again.

Just got back in town last night after two weeks gone. The pet sitter called on Saturday (two days ago) and said the pool had turned green. I told her not to worry about it, I would habdle it whne I got home on sunday (yesterday). Got in later than I intended last night after swinging by...

Been swimming today, and had the waterfall running and the spas spillover and the PH is still holding at 7.2. WHich is actually a good thing as I know it will climb again. I will stop my efforts to lower the TA for now and watch the PH more closely and see how rapidly it rises. I am assuming...

My pool water is a nice 86 degrees. As for the pool calculator, I have been using it. My CSI was a +.5 when the PH was > 8.2 and it will be at -.29 when I am done if I take the TA down to 60, so I guess I will stop there. I did not notice before, but it looks like adding borates will lower...

Test Results as of last night: FC 5 CC 0 TC 5 PH 7.5 CYA 70 TA 80 CH 280 Added 44 oz of Myuratic Acid to drop the PH to 7.2 (trying to get the ta down to 40-50 ish because I had PH rise problems all last year probably due to the SPa Spillover that is always aerating the water when the pump is...

Okay. Thanks for all the replies, just an idle thought. Now I understand.

So I am guessing these "stains" on my fake rocks for my grotto are some sort of calcium scaling from the PH being too high over the winter (didn't check the pool chemistry as often as I should have). PH is now undercontrol, but what can I do about these stains? Anyone know of any products that...

Okay, am I missing something here, or does backwashing the filter simply pump the water through the filter backwards through a waste "outlet" instead of back into the pool? The reason I ask is I just spent 2 hours cleaning all of my cartridges from my cartridge filter and was thinking a...

I think that may be the best idea I've heard in a long time..not sure about the cost-to-market, but the pool stores would LOVE to have a product to SELL you that would lower your CYA, so you could continue using your pucks, not to mention then they could SELL you another product to break down...

I remember reading somehwere on here about CYA being converted to Amonia in a pool by bacteria. If this is correct, would it not be possible to lower your CYA level by introducing said bacteria into the pool, and then shocking to remove the amonia and bacteria, thus avoiding a drain/refill...

I have an UltraPure Ozone Generator installed on my pool, but it has recently quit functioning, and I am debating on what to do about that. We have just started swimming again, and I am already noticing an increased chlorine usage when compared to last year (of course I didn't track chlorine...