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94SupraTT
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Post subject: Water Cloudy....  Posted: August 12th, 2011, 10:37 am |
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Location: Huntsville, AL
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PH 7.4
FC 4.0
CC 0.0
CYA 45
TA 120
PH was 8.0 last night I added Sodium Bisulfate and it dropped it down.
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Post subject: Re: Water Cloudy.... Posted: August 12th, 2011, 10:45 am |
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How long has it been looking cloudy? What is your CH level? I would probably raise the water up to the top of the FC normal range for your pool (or go up to shock level) and do an OCLT http://www.troublefreepool.com/pool-school/overnight_fc_test to see if you should be fighting something.
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Going to Pool School and learning the BBB method of pool care with a TF100 test kit that helps me use the Pool Calculator to properly maintain the water in my: Round AGP 11K gal (free on CL) with a deep end, Meteor 20" sand filter, Matrix 1hp 2spd, 4 2ftX20ft Sungrabber panels, Intex SWCG (copper bars removed), and Borates. Also a Rubadub hot tub and a UDS (Ugly Drum Smoker) poolside.
If your water has you worried, do an Overnight Chlorine Loss Test (OCLT), and if you fail, then follow the Shocking Process until:
1. CC is less than 0.5 ppm, 2. An OCLT shows a loss of 1.0 ppm or less and, 3. The water is crystal clear.
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94SupraTT
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Post subject: Re: Water Cloudy.... Posted: August 12th, 2011, 10:59 am |
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linen wrote: How long has it been looking cloudy? What is your CH level? I would probably raise the water up to the top of the FC normal range for your pool (or go up to shock level) and do an OCLT http://www.troublefreepool.com/pool-school/overnight_fc_test to see if you should be fighting something. I did a OCLT test actually. My FC at midnight last night was 4.0 and CC was 0. It was the same thing for both at 9am. It just started looking cloudy last night when I came home.
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Post subject: Re: Water Cloudy.... Posted: August 12th, 2011, 11:16 am |
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94SupraTT wrote: I did a OCLT test actually. My FC at midnight last night was 4.0 and CC was 0. It was the same thing for both at 9am. It just started looking cloudy last night when I came home. Good job! Since your FC was on the low side, you might want to raise it up and try the OCLT again tonight. I have seen low FC OCLT tests be 0 change, and still have algae. You won't be hurting anything, and it will help eliminate (or not) organisms being your problem. Let us know your CH level. Also, what is your chlorine source? It would be helpful if you entered your pool/equipment details in your sig.
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Going to Pool School and learning the BBB method of pool care with a TF100 test kit that helps me use the Pool Calculator to properly maintain the water in my: Round AGP 11K gal (free on CL) with a deep end, Meteor 20" sand filter, Matrix 1hp 2spd, 4 2ftX20ft Sungrabber panels, Intex SWCG (copper bars removed), and Borates. Also a Rubadub hot tub and a UDS (Ugly Drum Smoker) poolside.
If your water has you worried, do an Overnight Chlorine Loss Test (OCLT), and if you fail, then follow the Shocking Process until:
1. CC is less than 0.5 ppm, 2. An OCLT shows a loss of 1.0 ppm or less and, 3. The water is crystal clear.
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Post subject: Re: Water Cloudy.... Posted: August 12th, 2011, 12:48 pm |
Joined: July 25th, 2011, 7:07 pm
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Location: Huntsville, AL
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linen wrote: 94SupraTT wrote: I did a OCLT test actually. My FC at midnight last night was 4.0 and CC was 0. It was the same thing for both at 9am. It just started looking cloudy last night when I came home. Good job! Since your FC was on the low side, you might want to raise it up and try the OCLT again tonight. I have seen low FC OCLT tests be 0 change, and still have algae. You won't be hurting anything, and it will help eliminate (or not) organisms being your problem. Let us know your CH level. Also, what is your chlorine source? It would be helpful if you entered your pool/equipment details in your sig. I am currently using 6% bleach as my chlorine source. I just added 143oz of bleach to try to get my FC to 7.0. I'll test for CH shortly and post results.
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Post subject: Re: Water Cloudy.... Posted: August 12th, 2011, 4:54 pm |
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CH is 50
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Post subject: Re: Water Cloudy.... Posted: August 12th, 2011, 7:21 pm |
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So your clouding is not from Calcium. Keep your FC level up tonight and do the OCLT.
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Going to Pool School and learning the BBB method of pool care with a TF100 test kit that helps me use the Pool Calculator to properly maintain the water in my: Round AGP 11K gal (free on CL) with a deep end, Meteor 20" sand filter, Matrix 1hp 2spd, 4 2ftX20ft Sungrabber panels, Intex SWCG (copper bars removed), and Borates. Also a Rubadub hot tub and a UDS (Ugly Drum Smoker) poolside.
If your water has you worried, do an Overnight Chlorine Loss Test (OCLT), and if you fail, then follow the Shocking Process until:
1. CC is less than 0.5 ppm, 2. An OCLT shows a loss of 1.0 ppm or less and, 3. The water is crystal clear.
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Post subject: Re: Water Cloudy.... Posted: August 13th, 2011, 1:45 pm |
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Ugggh.....FC went from 6.0 with 0 CC to 3.0 and 1.0 CC overnight. Looks like I have algae on top of high TA. Shocking now. I love my K2006. Takes the guess work out of test strips.
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