We have had our pool now for three seasons. We had the sand in our filter replaced last fall. When I opened the pool about 4 weeks ago, I got it clear and reasonably balanced without much hassle. I thought things were looking good. One of the issues was high alkalinity, so I put about 4 pints of muriatic acid into my pool (vinyl,about 20k gallons). The next day, the water became very cloudy. I introduced no other chemical into the water, and the pump was running.
Since then, I have had the water tested a few times and tried a few different suggestions from my pool store people. The last water test yielded the following result 5 days ago: TC 1.6, FC 0, pH 7.1, TA 188, Hardness 242, CYA 113. Salt level was 3400. I have an Intellichlor salt generator. The chlorine level tends to stay under/around 1 for both TC and FC.
I have tried to add supplemental chlorine through tabs and granular; I have tried all natural clarifier; I have tried the Angry Egg product recommended by my local pool dealer. I backwash the filter regularly as well. Nothing seems to be helping get the water clear again. It's a little frustrating because our neighbor has the EXACT same pool and system, and their water is perfectly clear and all they do is add salt to their water!
I am hoping someone in this forum can point me in the right direction if you've had similar experiences. The only thing that I did when the water was clear was add the muriatic acid to try to lower the Alkalinity, and the water hasn't been the same. I run the pump 24/7 these days and I've only seen small improvements (i.e. I can sort-of see the liner pattern in the shallow ends, and sort-of see the main drains which are in the deep water (5.5')
Should I just be patient? Will the filter eventually clear it up? Keep adding stuff? If so, what stuff?
Thanks in advance for anyone who can point me in the right direction!
Since then, I have had the water tested a few times and tried a few different suggestions from my pool store people. The last water test yielded the following result 5 days ago: TC 1.6, FC 0, pH 7.1, TA 188, Hardness 242, CYA 113. Salt level was 3400. I have an Intellichlor salt generator. The chlorine level tends to stay under/around 1 for both TC and FC.
I have tried to add supplemental chlorine through tabs and granular; I have tried all natural clarifier; I have tried the Angry Egg product recommended by my local pool dealer. I backwash the filter regularly as well. Nothing seems to be helping get the water clear again. It's a little frustrating because our neighbor has the EXACT same pool and system, and their water is perfectly clear and all they do is add salt to their water!
I am hoping someone in this forum can point me in the right direction if you've had similar experiences. The only thing that I did when the water was clear was add the muriatic acid to try to lower the Alkalinity, and the water hasn't been the same. I run the pump 24/7 these days and I've only seen small improvements (i.e. I can sort-of see the liner pattern in the shallow ends, and sort-of see the main drains which are in the deep water (5.5')
Should I just be patient? Will the filter eventually clear it up? Keep adding stuff? If so, what stuff?
Thanks in advance for anyone who can point me in the right direction!