Cloudy and Won't Clear Up

[Fire26man]

This year has been a battle all year and I am losing . I have a 14,000 gal above ground pool and it has turned cloudy and I can't get it to clear up. Here is the link to my latest testing numbers:

PoolMath Logs

I had to completely drain it and refill it at the beginning of June, it was green and nothing I did worked. It has been clear until this past week. I am working on bringing the TA down and I am adding liquid chlorine. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I have three boys who aren't happy with me right now!

 

[PoolStored]

Welcome to TFP!!!

Follow this process...Link-->SLAM Process

When you are done, always follow this...Link-->FC/CYA Levels

 

[Shapshftr]

Your TA and pH are too high. You have to work at getting them down. Add acid to lower both TA and pH. pH will go down faster, so just get it to 7.2 and keep it there, testing daily. You're losing that battle adding liquid chlorine, which raises pH. Also when pH is high, your chlorine is ineffective, so it will get cloudy which is the beginning of algae growth. Try using stabilized chlorine for a while, since it's new fill water. Just don't let CYA get too high. In the beginning I always add acid every 3 days, lowering it as much as possible without going below 7.0, until my TA is at 80 ppm. After that, I hold my pH at 7.2, and my pools over the years have never grown algae. You're beating a dead horse just adding liquid chlorine.

 

[PoolStored]

Your TA and pH are too high. You have to work at getting them down. Add acid to lower both TA and pH. pH will go down faster, so just get it to 7.2 and keep it there, testing daily.

To the OP, your TA and pH are just fine for the moment. Follow the SLAM process. Your issue is FC, not TA or pH.

You're losing that battle adding liquid chlorine, which raises pH. Also when pH is high, your chlorine is ineffective, so it will get cloudy which is the beginning of algae growth.

Liquid Chlorine does not raise pH. pH does not make chlorine ineffective.

Try using stabilized chlorine for a while, since it's new fill water. Just don't let CYA get too high. In the beginning I always add acid every 3 days, lowering it as much as possible without going below 7.0, until my TA is at 80 ppm. After that, I hold my pH at 7.2, and my pools over the years have never grown algae. You're beating a dead horse just adding liquid chlorine.

Stabilized chlorine will raise CYA. OP's CYA is just fine for a SLAM. Do not use stabilized chlorine. There is no need to keep pH at 7 to maintain a sanitized pool.

 

[Shapshftr]

To the OP, your TA and pH are just fine for the moment. Follow the SLAM process. Your issue is FC, not TA or pH.

Liquid Chlorine does not raise pH. pH does not make chlorine ineffective.

Stabilized chlorine will raise CYA. OP's CYA is just fine for a SLAM. Do not use stabilized chlorine. There is no need to keep pH at 7 to maintain a sanitized pool.

If I'm wrong then tell me why I have NEVER had a green pool? Crystal clear water doesn't lie.

 

[PoolStored]

If I'm wrong then tell me why I have NEVER had a green pool? Crystal clear water doesn't lie.

If you maintain your FC for your CYA following this...Link-->FC/CYA Levels You will keep algae at bay and avoid a green pool.

 

[JJ_Tex]

Congrats on never having a green pool, neither have I.

With that said, algae is caused by too little chlorine... period. Your TA and pH are important metrics for water comfort, scaling, erosion of plaster, protection of equipment, etc. but it has no impact to your chlorine or your pool's ability to kill and prevent algae.

Back to the OP, if I look at your logs your chlorine is consistently below your minimum level for your CYA. Please see the link in my signature to see the FC level for your CYA level.
To kill algae, please follow the SLAM process in post #2.

 

[kimkats]

@Fire26man please listen to @PoolStored as he has shared the correct ways to fix your pool.

What I see from you pool math long is your FC has been allowed to dip too low.

Keep your FC at of slightly above the middle for your CYA using this chart: FC vs CYA chart location