I am new to having a pool and trying to learn how to properly care for and maintain the pool because I am having nothing but problems all season long and feel I have been learning the hard way through wrong/differing advice from different pool stores and online articles.
I have ordered a test kit TF-100, but for now these are my levels based on the pool stores testing:
FC 2.2
CC 0.1
PH 7.5
TA 145
CH 181
CYA 46
I continually have problems with my pool turning a milky cloudy white. This first happened about 2 1/2 months ago when I noticed a bit of algae and was informed I needed to be shocking my pool every 10 days or so. I was advised to shock the pool and add a copper based algaecide, which I did. The pool went immediately a bluish milky white. I was told by someone else never to add an algaecide and then helped vacuum my pool to waste because there was so much slimy sediment in the pool. The cloudiness continued and I was told we would need to change out the sand in our sand filter as it was probably clogged with all the slimy sediment.
We changed the sand in the filter and the water started clearing up, but was never crystal clear. After using the pool for a few days followed by some rain, I shocked the pool again as I had been adviced to do and again it went milky white and wouldn't clear up. I was told the particles in the water were too fine for the sand filter to pick up and we were told to add pool floc and then vac to waste. I did as I was told and the pool cleared up, but wasn't crytal clear as i had to add quite a bit of very hard well water. We were told to add a metal scaled out product to bring down the CH. But the water never was a clear as I would have liked.
This past week we had a big rain storm that dumped about 1 1/2 - 2 inches of rain into the pool. I was advised to shock the pool after that much rain and now we are back in the same place with a very cloudy pool. I can only see about 2-3 inches into the pool. I was advised to add pool floc and vac to waste, which id did, but it didn't clear up. Then i was told to add clarifier and backwash daily, which again did nothing. I was advised to add a product to bring down the phosphates, but at this point i didn't listen to the advise because it was expensive and I don't know what is good advise and what is adding to the problem.
So I am trying to do my own research and get sound advise.
I have used liquid chlorine for shocking, but have been using chlorine pucks as our daily cholorine source. Our pool is very open with few trees around and have a lot of farm fields around us, with a lot of wind.
I am trying to determine what is causing the white cloudiness. Do we have an algae problem and was continually have dead algae, or is it caused by the chemicals added to the pool? Help!
I have ordered a test kit TF-100, but for now these are my levels based on the pool stores testing:
FC 2.2
CC 0.1
PH 7.5
TA 145
CH 181
CYA 46
I continually have problems with my pool turning a milky cloudy white. This first happened about 2 1/2 months ago when I noticed a bit of algae and was informed I needed to be shocking my pool every 10 days or so. I was advised to shock the pool and add a copper based algaecide, which I did. The pool went immediately a bluish milky white. I was told by someone else never to add an algaecide and then helped vacuum my pool to waste because there was so much slimy sediment in the pool. The cloudiness continued and I was told we would need to change out the sand in our sand filter as it was probably clogged with all the slimy sediment.
We changed the sand in the filter and the water started clearing up, but was never crystal clear. After using the pool for a few days followed by some rain, I shocked the pool again as I had been adviced to do and again it went milky white and wouldn't clear up. I was told the particles in the water were too fine for the sand filter to pick up and we were told to add pool floc and then vac to waste. I did as I was told and the pool cleared up, but wasn't crytal clear as i had to add quite a bit of very hard well water. We were told to add a metal scaled out product to bring down the CH. But the water never was a clear as I would have liked.
This past week we had a big rain storm that dumped about 1 1/2 - 2 inches of rain into the pool. I was advised to shock the pool after that much rain and now we are back in the same place with a very cloudy pool. I can only see about 2-3 inches into the pool. I was advised to add pool floc and vac to waste, which id did, but it didn't clear up. Then i was told to add clarifier and backwash daily, which again did nothing. I was advised to add a product to bring down the phosphates, but at this point i didn't listen to the advise because it was expensive and I don't know what is good advise and what is adding to the problem.
So I am trying to do my own research and get sound advise.
I have used liquid chlorine for shocking, but have been using chlorine pucks as our daily cholorine source. Our pool is very open with few trees around and have a lot of farm fields around us, with a lot of wind.
I am trying to determine what is causing the white cloudiness. Do we have an algae problem and was continually have dead algae, or is it caused by the chemicals added to the pool? Help!
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