Cloudy Water - How I cleared it

[poolmomlife]

Hi I had a cloudy pool and tried everything I swear! Here it was a type of algae, This is how I finally got rid of it!
1. Shocked it with Clorox extra Blue shock which was recommended for that type of algae, I was using hth. I had to shock it twice, after the sun went down of course.
2. Used a new cartridge filter everyday for 4 days because rinsing off and reusing a filter was just keeping the algae in the water system.
3. Rinsing my skimmer every 2 hours for the best flow.
4. Actually had to disinfect and scrub my pool cover both sides with clorox spay so I didn't reinfect my water.
It cleared up in 4 days after doing all this, after having a cloudy pool for 2 weeks and trying everything!

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[Donldson]

Welcome to TFP!

I'm afraid this isn't a very good or repeatable way to clear algae. We don't promote blindly dumping things in the water without knowing what it is, how much you're adding, or even what is going on with the water. We also would never recommend replacing a cartridge filter instead of cleaning it, I'm not sure where you got that it was keeping algae in your water but that's not accurate. I'm glad it seems to have worked for you this time, but none of this is solid advice.

We can help you learn and understand what is really going on with your water if you'd like, this is a good place to start: Pool Care Basics

 

[Jimrahbe]

Mom,

I suspect you just 'think' you got rid of the algae, because you can't see it right now.. Adding pool store 'shock' will often knock the algae back a little, but will rarely kill it all. Let's see what happens in the next few weeks, If or when it comes back, you should take a look at our SLAM method of actually killing algae.



Replacing the cartridges can't hurt anything but your wallet, but in the big picture, cleaning the cartridges would have worked just as well.

Thanks,

Jim R.

 

[Newdude]

Hey PML and Welcome !!!

We're gonna teach you SO much cool stuff. Like how we have a test to prove that you got all the algae and the bloom isn't sitting at just below visible levels, ready to return to a swamp soon. Have a read :

Overnight Chlorine Loss Test

 

[Bperry]

Hi I had a cloudy pool and tried everything I swear! Here it was a type of algae, This is how I finally got rid of it!
1. Shocked it with Clorox extra Blue shock which was recommended for that type of algae, I was using hth. I had to shock it twice, after the sun went down of course.
2. Used a new cartridge filter everyday for 4 days because rinsing off and reusing a filter was just keeping the algae in the water system.
3. Rinsing my skimmer every 2 hours for the best flow.
4. Actually had to disinfect and scrub my pool cover both sides with clorox spay so I didn't reinfect my water.
It cleared up in 4 days after doing all this, after having a cloudy pool for 2 weeks and trying everything!

Moved from here.

Those Clorox extra blue tablets/granules have copper in them. Be careful with that stuff as copper can cause staining on pool surfaces.