Hello,
This is my 3rd or 4th year using the troublefreepool.com method on my 33k gal in ground vinyl pool and I've been very successful at maintaining a crystal clear pool. This year, however, I have been slamming for 11 days now and still can't see the bottom of the shallow. The pool is blue but milky. The cc has been testing at .5 or 0. I'm brushing daily and maintaining appropriate FC per the CYA chart. I have seen 0 progesss in water clarity. I have a sand filter and we have deep cleaned the sand (it wasn't too bad) and it did not feel clumpy or gunky. I have tries DE filter aid. I broke down and tried clarifier, all to no avail. The DE aid method caused eventual increase in pump pressure requiring backwash, so I assume the filter is working as it should? I did 4 rounds with the aid, using it until backwash required. Nothing has made a difference. I'm considering floc but not excited about the thought of it. Really frustrated with of all the brushing etc and seeing no improvement. I'm used to a slow startup as it usually takes a few weeks of this method to clear the pool, but there was always obvious progress. Am I missing something?
Thank you!
This is my 3rd or 4th year using the troublefreepool.com method on my 33k gal in ground vinyl pool and I've been very successful at maintaining a crystal clear pool. This year, however, I have been slamming for 11 days now and still can't see the bottom of the shallow. The pool is blue but milky. The cc has been testing at .5 or 0. I'm brushing daily and maintaining appropriate FC per the CYA chart. I have seen 0 progesss in water clarity. I have a sand filter and we have deep cleaned the sand (it wasn't too bad) and it did not feel clumpy or gunky. I have tries DE filter aid. I broke down and tried clarifier, all to no avail. The DE aid method caused eventual increase in pump pressure requiring backwash, so I assume the filter is working as it should? I did 4 rounds with the aid, using it until backwash required. Nothing has made a difference. I'm considering floc but not excited about the thought of it. Really frustrated with of all the brushing etc and seeing no improvement. I'm used to a slow startup as it usually takes a few weeks of this method to clear the pool, but there was always obvious progress. Am I missing something?
Thank you!