cheap, walmart "easy pour" the reason my pool is so cloudy?

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Ive literally been slamming my pool for almost 3 weeks now. The 2nd week, i unknowingly put about 15 gallons of the easy pour great value brand bleach in the pool over the course of a few days. After a day or so i had a bunch of foam on the surface and in the skimmer. Thats when i realized i had gotten the cheap stuff. Last week i made sure to get the regular stuff, but after about 6 days,its still not clear and im about to give up before the season even starts!

Been running my pump 24/7 for over a month now.

Fc 10.5 i know thats not slam level, but im not putting any more $ in until i know whats going on.
Cc .5
Alk 80
Cya 30
Ph 7.2
I can barely see the shallow floor now. Its been that way for a couple days with little to no improvement.

The pool store said it may be pollen. I have about 8 pine trees that border my property that dump alot of pollen, im sure.

Not sure what happened to my signature, buti have a 20000 gal vinyl liner in ground, with a hayward sand filter and 1hp hayward 1 speed pump
 
I believe easy pour has some sort of thickener in it...and that is a problem. I don't know if it will cause the cloudiness, or if there's a known fix. others will chime in shortly.

+1 to Rere's comment. Dropping below SLAM level is a bad idea.

You absolutely need to stick with the SLAM until the 3 objectives are met.
 
I would suck try to remove as much foam as you can so it doesn't drive you nuts looking at it. I recently had trouble passing the OCLT because of an ammonia problem and I noticed holding FC at 12-15 was the trick. The days it was 10-12 I didn't see any results on the OCLT. Maybe it is by chance that I saw quick results with FC was 15 early on and then finally passed the OCLT when it was 15, but it worked for me.
 
swirlywater said:
I would suck try to remove as much foam as you can so it doesn't drive you nuts looking at it. I recently had trouble passing the OCLT because of an ammonia problem and I noticed holding FC at 12-15 was the trick. The days it was 10-12 I didn't see any results on the OCLT. Maybe it is by chance that I saw quick results with FC was 15 early on and then finally passed the OCLT when it was 15, but it worked for me.
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Can you expand on this? I'm struggling with OCLT too.
 
Swirly is right. The Key to any SLAM, or Ammonia issue is sustaining a high enough FC to kill Algae, or break down Ammonia. When the FC level falls just a little below the value required, you lose ground. It really is no more complicated than that. Get it there and hold it there. It works.
 
Re: cheap, walmart "easy pour" the reason my pool is so cloudy?

can you tell me what OCLT stands for?

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can you tell me what OCLT stands for?

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Answered my own question- just never saw it listed that way
 

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