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Lowered the PH to 7.2 for two days now and cloudiness got a little better. I started aerating tonight with the filter on high and inlet pointed up.

ph 7.5 CH 150

FC 13.5 CYA 60 Also we have some scaling on the walls, but had it last year too and still got it clear.

TA is 250 and cloudy water and everything else in check so I am assuming this is the cause.. How much Muratic acid should I add to lower to acceptable levels?

Bought an Intex swg and I guess they are only for Intex pools? We cannot find the right fitting to connect it to our current hose size. Checked Lowes, Home Depot and no one carries the fitting we need. Has anyone connect an Intex swg to a non Intex pool?

is it possible to get it clear even though there is lime scale on the walls? and will the cc level come down, if there is scaling present?

fc-14 cc-2 cya-50 ch-110 ph-7.2 its clean and holding chlorine levels pretty good, but its cloudy...I am guessing due to the scaling on the walls. kids want to swim! :hammer:

So we opened our pool and poured tons of bleach in it and it was still cloudy. Got in and felt the hard scaling ring around the entire pool to where we had it drained to all winter. How the heck do we get this stuff off? Tried scrubbing but to no avail. Do we need to drain it back down to the...

I know, Patience is needed. Last year everything on here worked perfect and the pool looked much worse when opening. We had it clear in about a week. This year is different. The pool is clean, FC is holding and my numbers look better then last year and its still cloudy. So far used much more...

Went to the pool store for clarifier and the sales guy there told me to try something else. He gave me a bag of "shock", but it was not Chlorine it was something else. 54%potassium Peroxymonopersulfate 54% other ingred. Dumped the 1lb bag in and praying for the best.

Did not check the CC level this morning. Just got home from work, Added one gallon of bleach today. Now the FC is 7.5 and the kids are swimming. Its still cloudy though. You can almost see the bottom step, But not quite. What if I bought a couple of packages of Super Shock from wal mart and...

fc 22.5 this morning

Okay we will try that tonight. Added about 4 gallons of 6% FC 23 CC .5 I will check again in the morning.

Well got home today from work after the kids swam all day (in milky water) and took some readings. FC 5.5 CC .5 CYA looks to be around 50 now. TA looks to be around 140. Not sure about when to stop adding drops when it turns "red". Looks light pink to dark pink to me. Still milky.......This is...

well I got in today and scrubbed that sucker good. Got alot of algea out from under the ladder. Maybe thats what was causing it to be cloudy? Thinking we will take the ladder out after the summer and get a pool cover.