Been using TFP for years. Am having one of those years where the water just refuses to clear. Been in SLAM for 5 days, FC at or near targets entire time. PH is 7.2, (checked at FC 10), TA is 120 (at least 30 pts high for my pool). CYA is 50. Using 10% chlorine, have added probably 30 gallons which seems insane compared to other years! Water is blue and Cloudy, cannot see pool bottom. Anyone got a solution?
Cloudy water
- Thread starter jkeefauver
- Start date
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3,721
- Pool Size
- 13000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Going by your pool math logs, your FC has bounced around quite a bit and while elevated it is not at SLAM levels most of the time.
For example:
3 days ago your FC was 17, then drifted down to 13.5 and no chlorine addition was logged
2 days ago your FC drifted further down to 7.5, then you added 2 gallons to get you back to SLAM level
Dose to your SLAM level of 20 and try to keep it there consistently. I also noticed that you are testing and adjusting pH during the SLAM. Your pH test is not valid when FC is over 10, so I would ignore that and only focus on the chlorine during the SLAM.
For example:
3 days ago your FC was 17, then drifted down to 13.5 and no chlorine addition was logged
2 days ago your FC drifted further down to 7.5, then you added 2 gallons to get you back to SLAM level
Dose to your SLAM level of 20 and try to keep it there consistently. I also noticed that you are testing and adjusting pH during the SLAM. Your pH test is not valid when FC is over 10, so I would ignore that and only focus on the chlorine during the SLAM.
- Jun 24, 2021
- 7,509
- Pool Size
- 30000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60
Watch your filter pressure. Clean the cartridge, note clean pressure. When pressure rises 25%, clean the filter again.