Ewwww! I was afraid of that! The kids were sooo excited to swim yesterday, I reluctantly let them swim, since the chlorine wasn't at SLAM level anymore. So, I should bring the chlorine up to SLAM level? Or can I leave it at 10? When you guys (and gals) say "clear" you mean clear-like-mamas-best-crystal-wine-glasses clear, right?
All is well, but a little cloudy
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Yep clear like the finest crystal wine glass lol. I'd bring it up to SLAM level also. Remember the three criteria.
1 Water is crystal clear.
2 CC of 0.5 or less.
3 Pass the OCLT.
Ok...I wonder though, is it uncommon for the pool to seemingly pass the CC and OCLT, but not be clear yet?
Yes. A lot of people have experienced the same thing.
" it's still cloudy when is it going to clear up ?" It just takes time. Some pools clear up right away and some take longer. ?
" it's still cloudy when is it going to clear up ?" It just takes time. Some pools clear up right away and some take longer. ?
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It's totally a filtration issue, what, without knowing precise numbers for lack of the FAS-DPD test.
Without that kit, technically you should be keeping it at shock levels till the water is clear, but honestly that gets pretty stupid expensive with an Intex filter, as I have seek it take a week to clear a cloudy pool.
These Intex filters are notoriously AWFUL! I know 1st hand. :/ Had to put up with non-crystal clear water as my niece lived in the pool this last month, as there was no time for the filter to catch up all the way each day between swims.
I feel for you!
Go track down, locally, a small bag of cellulose d.e. alternative filtration powder, and add it to your cartridge filter as I detailed in my previous post. This will dramatically speed things up.
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Without that kit, technically you should be keeping it at shock levels till the water is clear, but honestly that gets pretty stupid expensive with an Intex filter, as I have seek it take a week to clear a cloudy pool.
These Intex filters are notoriously AWFUL! I know 1st hand. :/ Had to put up with non-crystal clear water as my niece lived in the pool this last month, as there was no time for the filter to catch up all the way each day between swims.
I feel for you!
Go track down, locally, a small bag of cellulose d.e. alternative filtration powder, and add it to your cartridge filter as I detailed in my previous post. This will dramatically speed things up.
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It's totally a filtration issue, what, without knowing precise numbers for lack of the FAS-DPD test.
Without that kit, technically you should be keeping it at shock levels till the water is clear, but honestly that gets pretty stupid expensive with an Intex filter, as I have seek it take a week to clear a cloudy pool.
These Intex filters are notoriously AWFUL! I know 1st hand. :/ Had to put up with non-crystal clear water as my niece lived in the pool this last month, as there was no time for the filter to catch up all the way each day between swims.
I feel for you!
Go track down, locally, a small bag of cellulose d.e. alternative filtration powder, and add it to your cartridge filter as I detailed in my previous post. This will dramatically speed things up.
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OK, so the pool is looking pretty clear....still not "crys-tall" clear though...so, onward we go! I read through your post on the cellulose alternative, but I don't have a skimmer. I could just put it in the cylinder that my cartridge filter is housed in, but we don't have a skimmer to add it to. We did take your advise on the knee highs...we have seen a HUGE improvement, just doing that! Did you say that you keep the knee highs on all the time, even while you aren't SLAMming?
Oh, as an aside.....dummy me...I'm looking at my test kit and actually reading the detailed instructions and come to find out, I am able to get higher chlorine readings by diluting the sample and multiplying the number. Sooooo, I did just that and what-do-you-know...my chlorine was at 15, should be at 24 for SLAMming, so we added as much chlorine as I had this morning and will check the level and add more tonight. So glad to have found that little tid-bit in the instructions...so dumb of me not to see it before now, could have saved me a lot of guessing! (I know our chlorine was higher than that until a couple of days ago when I felt like the cloudiness was from my TA and pH being funky...I stopped adding the chlorine...anyhoo, good news is now I know how to more accurately test for chlorine levels higher than 10 and that will help!)
Here is a post on adding DE (or cellulose fiber) to an Intex pool w/o a skimmer: http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/34573-Adding-DE-on-a-skimmerless-pool-Intex-Easy-Set