Clear but cloudy
- Thread starter cknaperek
- Start date
- Jun 22, 2014
- 52,024
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
Ideally, weather and schedule permitting, see it through until you pass all 3 SLAM criteria. At the very least hopefully pass an Overnight Chlorine Loss Test. Then you can wrap it up for the season.
This will help to speed it along.
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Add DE to a Sand Filter
A clean pool filter will increase the efficiency of your pool! ... your filter are to backwash it, clean the manifolds and grids, and add new DE.
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- Jun 1, 2018
- 16,019
- Pool Size
- 26000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
I see you have puck floaters in there. Pucks add cya which continually raises the bar for your necessary fc levels for slam & maintenance
FC/CYA Levels.
Here’s what each dissolved puck does in your pool
Be sure you are factoring that in & dosing accordingly.
If cya measures between two values always round up for chlorination purposes.
Long /extended slams are usually a result of one or more of these:
*Infrequent maintenance of slam level
*Insufficient slam level
*hidden algae that isn’t being disturbed
With no steps or other attributes & daily brushing/vacumming it’s unlikely that you have hidden algae.
Sand filters are the slowest to clear but before solely blaming filtration be sure the other two bases above are covered.
Aside from trying the pool grade DE.
A deep clean of the sand may be helpful if you have never done so or have used pool store potions in the past. It’s something that should be done every season or so anyway as maintenance.
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FC/CYA Levels.
Here’s what each dissolved puck does in your pool
Be sure you are factoring that in & dosing accordingly.
If cya measures between two values always round up for chlorination purposes.
Long /extended slams are usually a result of one or more of these:
*Infrequent maintenance of slam level
*Insufficient slam level
*hidden algae that isn’t being disturbed
With no steps or other attributes & daily brushing/vacumming it’s unlikely that you have hidden algae.
Sand filters are the slowest to clear but before solely blaming filtration be sure the other two bases above are covered.
Aside from trying the pool grade DE.
A deep clean of the sand may be helpful if you have never done so or have used pool store potions in the past. It’s something that should be done every season or so anyway as maintenance.
Deep Cleaning a Sand Filter
This post will walk you through the anatomy of a sand filter, and then provide a video at the end for how to deep clean your sand filter. The filter used in the photos and videos is a Hayward S180T top mount sand filter. The images are of a similar filter. Obviously not all filters are...
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I actually do not have any tablets in there they are just floating empty right now, but I did not know until just recently that it raised the cya. That was definitely a problem with my water chemistry earlier. I had to drain the pool down twice to get it in a reasonable range to slam.I see you have puck floaters in there. Pucks add cya which continually raises the bar for your necessary fc levels for slam & maintenance
FC/CYA Levels.
Here’s what each dissolved puck does in your pool
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Be sure you are factoring that in & dosing accordingly.
If cya measures between two values always round up for chlorination purposes.
Long /extended slams are usually a result of one or more of these:
*Infrequent maintenance of slam level
*Insufficient slam level
*hidden algae that isn’t being disturbed
With no steps or other attributes & daily brushing/vacumming it’s unlikely that you have hidden algae.
Sand filters are the slowest to clear but before solely blaming filtration be sure the other two bases above are covered.
Aside from trying the pool grade DE.
A deep clean of the sand may be helpful if you have never done so or have used pool store potions in the past. It’s something that should be done every season or so anyway as maintenance.
Deep Cleaning a Sand Filter
This post will walk you through the anatomy of a sand filter, and then provide a video at the end for how to deep clean your sand filter. The filter used in the photos and videos is a Hayward S180T top mount sand filter. The images are of a similar filter. Obviously not all filters are...
- Jun 1, 2018
- 16,019
- Pool Size
- 26000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
If they are empty just take them out. I have had algae grow in the top of one before due to them not getting dunked regularly.
- Jun 1, 2018
- 16,019
- Pool Size
- 26000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Also, have u been passing the
Overnight Chlorine Loss Test? If so then helping the filter out should get you going. Keep with slam until you get all 3 criteria. Don’t forget to clean your bot too!
Overnight Chlorine Loss Test? If so then helping the filter out should get you going. Keep with slam until you get all 3 criteria. Don’t forget to clean your bot too!
My free chlorine was pretty stable overnight last night, had a 24 this morning, and have been backwashing sand filter morning and night. Also making sure bot is cleaned off. Just waiting on the crystal clear water. It is improving, just very very slowly. Slightly cloudy, but I can see the robot at the bottom of the pool a little better each day.