G'day all
Over the weekend we had an extensive amount of rain which has allowed a bunch of dirt / soil to enter the pool. The pool now has a very cloudy brown look to it. The bottom of the pool is clean, just microscopic dissolved dirt particles.
I've tested the water with my Clear choice Labs kit and everything is fine, no algae. Chlorine is around 8 with no CC's in the water.
Trouble is I've been running the filter for close to 48 hours now with no improvement. I have a cartridge filter so not sure if the size of the suspended particles is so small it is just going straight through the filter.
A few questions,
- Should I use Floc or a clarifier? I can vacuum to waster if need be. Ive never had to use it before.
- I've been cleaning out the filter every 24 hours, not so much because I think it needs it but just because I figure it's dirty.
- Should I hold off on cleaning the cartridge as I heard sometimes a slightly 'dirtier' cartridge actually helps filter our more very fine dissolved solids?
- I've been using the pump on a medium speed setting, should I use it on a slower setting to allow more chance of dirt becoming trapped in the cartridge?
Thanks for your help
- Luke
Over the weekend we had an extensive amount of rain which has allowed a bunch of dirt / soil to enter the pool. The pool now has a very cloudy brown look to it. The bottom of the pool is clean, just microscopic dissolved dirt particles.
I've tested the water with my Clear choice Labs kit and everything is fine, no algae. Chlorine is around 8 with no CC's in the water.
Trouble is I've been running the filter for close to 48 hours now with no improvement. I have a cartridge filter so not sure if the size of the suspended particles is so small it is just going straight through the filter.
A few questions,
- Should I use Floc or a clarifier? I can vacuum to waster if need be. Ive never had to use it before.
- I've been cleaning out the filter every 24 hours, not so much because I think it needs it but just because I figure it's dirty.
- Should I hold off on cleaning the cartridge as I heard sometimes a slightly 'dirtier' cartridge actually helps filter our more very fine dissolved solids?
- I've been using the pump on a medium speed setting, should I use it on a slower setting to allow more chance of dirt becoming trapped in the cartridge?
Thanks for your help
- Luke