I could use some help, have a swcg gunnite pool with pebble finish. It's about 1 year old and never had any problems following this method. Recently I noticed the water getting Cloudy. I have an autocover and with the weather have had it closed most of the time. Chlorine levels have been on the high end of normal but nothing crazy. I also noticed over the last 2 months I haven't needed to add hardly any acid, not sure if that just because the pool is getting older or an issue. I opened my filter today to double check everything was set correctly and it is. My current numbers from today are below and a picture of the water in the filter. Any ideas?
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When you say "chlorine levels on the high end", what are you referring to? Your pic shows the FC at 5 which is not high at all, so your reply would help to give us a better perspective of where you normally maintain the FC level. Your signature doesn't show which test kit you use or any of your equipment, so I would recommend updating that as well. In general, cloudy water commonly points towards algae, but your water is a bit chilly for a large algae outbreak. Not impossible, just would seem odd. It is possible you have a large amount of combined chloramines that require some sunlight to oxidize. On the next clear day, you might try pulling that cover back for a few hours to let the sun's UVs do some oxidizing.
Might just need a bit more filtration time to grab suspended material.