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Thank you!

It is not that cloudy - could alwwys see bottom. Was thinking 20 was too high to swim in. Was is the limit for swiming - I do not recall seeing that number here.

Can you use the pool while at 20?

Thanks guys for the input. Will try again. The filter on this pool is not that great - just a small sand filter. It never gets it crystal clear. When I vac the bottom - alot of it comes right back out the return... so was thinking after 8 days it was as good as it was going to get. Just brought...

Started up pool at beginning of April. Did a SLAM because it had turned to swamp. FC was 30 and CYA was 35 for SLAM. Held FC for 8 days. I let it drift down to fc of 6 and did the overnight loss test and it was 0. CC was 0. Pool was still a little cloudy, but it is a small sand filter (Green...

I was following what pool math was telling me. With a CYA of 60 it suggested a minimum of 3 and target of 4 (SWG). Normally on sunny days it hits 4.5 at the lowest. But was up to 11 after days of cloudy and cooler weather. Daughter is somewhat sensitive to chlorine so I was letting it drop back...

I did read an article on here about adding a small amount of DE to the sand filter. I was thinking about trying that. When I was vacuuming it off the floor you could see some of it come right back out the return and into pool. Ignorance is bliss I guess. I thought the sand filters were the way...

Also what could have caused this? Normally my FC is 4-4.5 (SWG and CYA of 60). It did get to 2.0 once - I purposely turned off swg because FC was too high after a week of cloudy/rainy weather. We did have a storm come through one night that left a ton of pines needles floating in pool but FC...

Ok thank you for your response. To be clear - I need to keep my FC at 24 (cya of 60) until pool clears up? My CC is zero and overnight loss is less than 1. Once it is clear (water and walls/floor) I would then raise to the FC of 34 for 24 hours?

So been reading up and reading other posts. I am thinking I have mustard algae. I watched this video and what I have 'poofs up' exactly like that. Except it is in an even layer on bottom and sides of pool. Or it was - I vacuumed the bottom and sides and brushed whatever was left. Now it is just...

Ok no problem!

I think I have Mustard Algae... been reading posts and seeing what it looks like. Going to start a new post in algae section...

Yes good point. It had got too high so I was messing around with swg and then got it too low @ 2. Will do a overnight loss test tonight. Thank you!

LOL well I have to buy a bag so I figured I would just dump it and start over lol

I was actually going to dump the old sand and just add all new. Is that the same as a deep clean?