Can't seem to clear my pool water. Had some iron staining and used Stain Free made by Natural Chemistry. Worked great. Waited a week and shocked the pool. Been cloudy ever since. I had the water tested and found phosphate. Used a product to remove that. Still cloudy. Was using a Waterway cartridge filter. Been running it 24x7 for 3 weeks. Still cloudy. Pool dealer gave me a DE filter to try. Been running that for 2 days. Still cloudy. Have tried clarifier. With no luck. The chemistry is perfect. My pool is 35000 gallons. Any help would be great.
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Welcome to the forum. 
Cloudy water tells us your chemistry is not perfect. Pool water chemistry is what we teach but you'll have to help us by providing a complete set of test results like this
pH =
FC =
CC =
TA =
CH =
CYA =
Pool store testing won't work.....it's bogus.. You must be willing to invest in one of the two test kits we suggest and then willing to learn what we teach. It ends up quite simple but the beginning is reporting your own test results.
Cloudy water tells us your chemistry is not perfect. Pool water chemistry is what we teach but you'll have to help us by providing a complete set of test results like this
pH =
FC =
CC =
TA =
CH =
CYA =
Pool store testing won't work.....it's bogus.. You must be willing to invest in one of the two test kits we suggest and then willing to learn what we teach. It ends up quite simple but the beginning is reporting your own test results.
The two most accurate ones are found in Pool School - test kits compared.
CC's are combined chloramines and I don't think your test kit tests for them.
CH is Calcium Hardness and not really very relevant to vinyl pools unless it is quite high.
How are you chlorinating your pool?
CC's are combined chloramines and I don't think your test kit tests for them.
CH is Calcium Hardness and not really very relevant to vinyl pools unless it is quite high.
How are you chlorinating your pool?
I am using a chlorinator. Holds 11 3" tabs.
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I also shock with a product called Austins Pool Tech. It is 12% chlorine bleach.
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I also shock with a product called Austins Pool Tech. It is 12% chlorine bleach.
Pool Brite chlorinating tablets.
99% Trichloro- Triazinetrione
1% Other ingredients.
99% Trichloro- Triazinetrione
1% Other ingredients.
HI there
It sounds like you've got something in there eating your chlorine and just waiting to turn your water green. With CYA of 50 and FC of 3, your chlorine is too low. To clear up algae, we follow a process we call SLAM
Shock
Level
And
Maintain
The amount of chlorine you need is dependent upon your CYA number and you are constantly adding CYA by using those pucks
Here are some links to get you started
Pool School - ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
Pool School - SLAM - Shock Level And Maintain
It sounds like you've got something in there eating your chlorine and just waiting to turn your water green. With CYA of 50 and FC of 3, your chlorine is too low. To clear up algae, we follow a process we call SLAM
Shock
Level
And
Maintain
The amount of chlorine you need is dependent upon your CYA number and you are constantly adding CYA by using those pucks
Here are some links to get you started
Pool School - ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
Pool School - SLAM - Shock Level And Maintain
Hi
Have shocked the pool a few times to 10+ ppm and no luck. Still cloudy water. Having a grad party this weekend. Desperate for answers.
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Also,been using pucks for 13 years. Never an issue. Living in the north I get a good amount of water turn over from rain and snow. Every season I probably change out at least 1/3 of my total water volume.
Have shocked the pool a few times to 10+ ppm and no luck. Still cloudy water. Having a grad party this weekend. Desperate for answers.
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Also,been using pucks for 13 years. Never an issue. Living in the north I get a good amount of water turn over from rain and snow. Every season I probably change out at least 1/3 of my total water volume.
The SLAM article above should help you out. It's a process, not a one time addition of "shock."
Shock level for 50 cya would be 20FC. And with CYA at 50 your FC shouldn't drop below 4 or you have an invitation for an algae party.
Shock level for 50 cya would be 20FC. And with CYA at 50 your FC shouldn't drop below 4 or you have an invitation for an algae party.
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