Cloudy and Algae - what do I do?

[folk.siobhan]

We have went through all theateps of shocking and pH balance and flac or whatever but now we have a balanced phbit pool is still cloudy I was told to vacuum and dump out water some because the cloudyness is dead alge but my vacuum does not dump is there anything else I can do?

 

[RLP]

welcome.
Yes, there is.

Pool School

www.troublefreepool.com

 

[MITBeta]

To follow the TFP way, you need a quality test kit (see: Test Kits Compared) and then you need to follow the SLAM Process.

While you're waiting for your kit, add 5ppm per day of liquid chlorine. Use PoolMath to figure out how much that is.

And read all the articles in this site's Pool School section.

 

[heidi71]

We have went through all theateps of shocking and pH balance and flac or whatever but now we have a balanced phbit pool is still cloudy I was told to vacuum and dump out water some because the cloudyness is dead alge but my vacuum does not dump is there anything else I can do?

Try pouring gallon of bleach, has to be bleach that has at least 7.5% sodium hydrochloride, if doesn't have a % on the label dont use it, with the pump on pour the bleach super slowly right at the water output AFTER SUNSET. The bleach doesn't have stabilizers like pool chlorine does and therefore it works immediately and that's why the slow pour is important. By morning that bleach will have done its job and be gone therefore not affecting your chemical levels but resulting in sparkling clean pool. Make sure to backwash or clean filter the next morning and then run your pump for 2 days straight using the bleach again if any cloudiness remains. Once the water is clear just pour half gallon bleach every few nights and run pump and your pool will stay clear. Just remember the bleach is immediate and then gone. It's doesn't replace chlorine it just helps it out so keep your levels of chlorine as usual. Once our of hot summer months the chlorine will be able to its job alone again. I promise this works. And please no "chlorine is chlorine bleach is no different" comments because it's not true. They work differently. Try it and let me know when your sparkling clear again, 3rd morning after 1st gallon of bleach I guarantee it!

 

[Donldson]

And please no "chlorine is chlorine bleach is no different" comments because it's not true. They work differently.

No, they don't work differently because chlorine bleach is no different. I have no idea where you got your information, but your post is full of inaccuracies and downright bad advice.

TFP is not based on any "blindly dump something in the water and it will fix everything" myths. Save that for the Facebook groups. We promote accurate testing, knowing what you are adding and why you are adding it, and the tried and true TFPC method of water care. You may want to start here: Pool Care Basics

 

[MITBeta]

@heidi71, your advice is not in line with that given at TFP. All chlorination methods add free chlorine and this can be measured empirically with a quality test kit. If I add 10ppm of liquid chlorine to my pool tonight, it will still be there in the morning and for the next several days, drifting down at 1-2ppm per day. I know this because I have done it and tested the effects with a quality test kit several times.

 

[RLP]

Its sodium hypochlorite, not sodium hypochloride. Also know as liquid chlorine, and bleach.

 

[CVAL44]

Try pouring gallon of bleach, has to be bleach that has at least 7.5% sodium hydrochloride, if doesn't have a % on the label dont use it, with the pump on pour the bleach super slowly right at the water output AFTER SUNSET. The bleach doesn't have stabilizers like pool chlorine does and therefore it works immediately and that's why the slow pour is important. By morning that bleach will have done its job and be gone therefore not affecting your chemical levels but resulting in sparkling clean pool. Make sure to backwash or clean filter the next morning and then run your pump for 2 days straight using the bleach again if any cloudiness remains. Once the water is clear just pour half gallon bleach every few nights and run pump and your pool will stay clear. Just remember the bleach is immediate and then gone. It's doesn't replace chlorine it just helps it out so keep your levels of chlorine as usual. Once our of hot summer months the chlorine will be able to its job alone again. I promise this works. And please no "chlorine is chlorine bleach is no different" comments because it's not true. They work differently. Try it and let me know when your sparkling clear again, 3rd morning after 1st gallon of bleach I guarantee it!

It takes a lot of guts to get on this forum and give this type of advice.

 

[duraleigh]

Yeah, sorry, heidi71 but your advice is not valid. TFP is a teaching forum for a process that we know works........time after time.

Your advice DOES sound like a facebook remedy of some type and it is not applicable to this forum.

 

[JJ_Tex]

Folk, are you still with us? Apologies for the thread being derailed a bit, but let us know if you are still with us and we can help guide you to crystal-clear water using proven methods that have helped thousands of members.