Slightly cloudy, can't seem to find why

[alphadog]

I started the season late, drain and fill due to new tile that I installed. Everything looks great, but the water is just slightly cloudy - i can see the main drain fine, but it just isn't crystal clear.

My fill water is always high alkalinity so i spend every year working to get TA down, and I am making progress. Latest numbers are:

PH 7.6
Free Cl 10 ppm
TA 130
CH 250
Cya 60
SWG

Yes the chlorine is high as I thought my CYA was closer to 100 - have a terrible time reading the taylor kit - does the dot have to get hidden? what does just disappear meant, etc. So I got the larger Blue Devil test/kit and it tells me 60. I added CYA when i opened the pool, and the math told me that it should be around 70 - but my pool is not a solid rectangle so I have always taken a swag at water volume (20-22K gals - 16 x 32 with some bumps and 3.5 to 6.5 feet deep) - the blue devil test matches the pounds i added.

Anyway, the chlorine level has been stable, and I need to bring it down some, but every year i run it at 5-6 and wind up dealing with having to SLAM it, so i shocked it when opening and lowered SWG to 50% to maintain.

Any suggestions on what to check next? CC shows zero, so to me that indicates i don't have to do an overnight test.

 

[Msch99]

I would still do an overnight test. Cloudy usually means an impending bloom. I believe I read that 0cc does not necessarily mean no algae. Varied CYA readings are a bit of a concern due to not knowing for sure how high to run FC. Will watch to see what an expert says.

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[alphadog]

I will have to add it to my signature - good point - cloudiness has been consistent for a week - i had also dumped in a gallon of chlorine a week ago to raise the PPM a bit, but no effect on water quality. It hasn't got better or worse.

Gunite/plaster pool. SWG, Hayward cartridge filter (4 - forget model), Paramount pool cleaner system. Hayward T-cell-15.

 

[alphadog]

I did the overnight test, and i dropped from 9.5 to 7 PPM to i guess something is living in there. I will have to SLAM it - wish i knew how it happens when it never went below 7ppm this year so far.

 

[Msch99]

Could be:
Poor circulation, dead spot where CL not mixing well. I tested several areas so now I test where generally FC is lowest.

Niches, stairs, lights that allow hidden growth or hard to brush.

Loose plaster anywhere, algae behind it?

 

[alphadog]

Could be:
Poor circulation, dead spot where CL not mixing well. I tested several areas so now I test where generally FC is lowest.

Niches, stairs, lights that allow hidden growth or hard to brush.

Loose plaster anywhere, algae behind it?

I have an in floor/wall pool cleaner, so mixing can't be it. And the heads clean stairs so shouldn't be that.

Pool was drained for a month while tile was replaced and shocked with new water.

Oh well