Cloudy pool after ascorbic acid treatment HELP!

[Flbeachluvr]

I did an ascorbic acid treatment on my pool on Saturday per the instructions I found here. Stains cleaned up nicely and after 24 hours I started working on balancing everything out. Added washing soda to bring up the ph and added liquid chlorine to the minimum for my CYA. The only thing that was still low was the TA and I was planning to pick up some baking soda on my way home. Last night before going to bed I turned the SWG back on but at a lower than normal level. I'm at work now but my husband just called me and said that when the pump turned on the pool got all cloudy.

Any idea why the water is cloudy? Did the chlorine react with the ascorbic acid? Not sure how to proceed or if it will just clear up on it's own.

 

[markayash]

I have had my pool get very cloudy after adding "PH UP" which may be the same..My PB had me drop PH for 2 days and when I added the PH up it got cloudy for a couple of days.

 

[Flbeachluvr]

I had to bring the ph up a little as it was testing yellow. Got it just up to around 7.

 

[markayash]

I had to bring the ph up a little as it was testing yellow. Got it just up to around 7.

Curious to see what others think, mine was too low to test. But went cloudy pretty fast and stayed that way for a couple of days.

 

[ajw22]

What is your pool pH now? Post a complete set of current test results.

 

[Flbeachluvr]

What is your pool pH now? Post a complete set of current test results.

I am at work so I can't do that right now. Last numbers I had from last night were:

Chlorine 3
pH 7-7.2
TA 20 (am picking up baking soda on my way home from work today)
CYA 70

That's all I tested for.

 

[ajw22]

At pH of 7-7.2 I would not have raised the pH so soon. That's why I want to know what thinsg are now with the cloudiness. Whatever it si it should clear over time as your water chemistry adjusts.

 

[Flbeachluvr]

At pH of 7-7.2 I would not have raised the pH so soon. That's why I want to know what thinsg are now with the cloudiness. Whatever it si it should clear over time as your water chemistry adjusts.

Before adding the recommended amount of washing soda from Pool Math the ph was so low as to be unreadable. That's why I raised it.

 

[ajw22]

Before adding the recommended amount of washing soda from Pool Math the ph was so low as to be unreadable. That's why I raised it.

Ok, it was not clear from what you posted if those numbers were from before or after you added chemicals last night.

 

[Flbeachluvr]

Ok, it was not clear from what you posted if those numbers were from before or after you added chemicals last night.

Sorry, those were my final numbers after trying to balance everything. My husband said the cloudiness seems to be clearing up. I'm going to retest when I get home.