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    Cloudy Pool after Opening (New at the Forum)

    Good Morning, FC 19 CC 1.0 pH an ify 7.0, added 1 box of borax I can actually see the bottom of the deep end, not totally clear yet though. Things are looking up More to do yet though Thank you all
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    Cloudy Pool after Opening (New at the Forum)

    Well here is what I did today, I didn't quite follow the directions. I ran across a formula for calculating break point chlorination to get rid of chloramines and went for it. I am not sure how to attach a pdf file or I would show it to you. 0800 added 5 (182oz) bottles 6% 0830 FC 16 CC...
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    Cloudy Pool after Opening (New at the Forum)

    Dave, Thank you for the explanation. You have made it a lot clearer. I am staying home today to try this out. I already put 5 bottles in at 0800 and at 0830 had FC of 16 and CC of 3.5. I will test it an hour later to see what it is doing and will continue this all day today. I will post my...
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    Cloudy Pool after Opening (New at the Forum)

    The test results this evening were: FC 0.5 CC 5.0 I have read the shock instructions in pool school and they do not address the issue I am having atleast not so I understand. I have used the calculator which tells me to get FC to 15 I should add 4 bottles of Bleach. So I added 4 (182 oz 6%)...
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    Cloudy Pool after Opening (New at the Forum)

    Thank you all for your advice, I dumped 6 gal of bleach in last night. Cl results this morning as follows: FC 1.0 CC 7.0 It seems as if I am not putting enough bleach in at once but I am not used to putting this much bleach in to shock the pool. I dumped 9 gal of bleach in this morning...
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    Cloudy Pool after Opening (New at the Forum)

    Hello all, I know this is covered in many places but I guess I am not quite understanding everything. I opened my pool a few days ago and it was quite cloudy (white). I can barely see the shallow end floor and see nothing in the deep end. I have my pump running continuous. I use borax for pH...