Help! I have cloudy water from a fine white powder settling on the bottom only.
I have a newer zeolite sand filter (several months old) and a recently new variable speed motor.
My water chemistry is balanced according to my tests and according to local pool store tests.
First pool store recommended just letting the filter run for a while and the cloudiness would go away. It got worse.
Then they recommended a heavy dose of a super pool clarifier. It did nothing.
I started vacuuming to waste and replacing the water. I removed the powder over a week this way and the water looked fabulous again.
I backwashed the filter and then started the pump on filter mode again. Within 6 hours, the water was going cloudy again and there was the fine white powder in it on the steps.
The white powder is very fine. You cannot pick it up. When you brush it with your hand, it disappears in the water in a cloud.
What do you suggest?
I have a newer zeolite sand filter (several months old) and a recently new variable speed motor.
My water chemistry is balanced according to my tests and according to local pool store tests.
First pool store recommended just letting the filter run for a while and the cloudiness would go away. It got worse.
Then they recommended a heavy dose of a super pool clarifier. It did nothing.
I started vacuuming to waste and replacing the water. I removed the powder over a week this way and the water looked fabulous again.
I backwashed the filter and then started the pump on filter mode again. Within 6 hours, the water was going cloudy again and there was the fine white powder in it on the steps.
The white powder is very fine. You cannot pick it up. When you brush it with your hand, it disappears in the water in a cloud.
What do you suggest?