Yeah I thought about that. I might just give it a few more days. It is clearing compared to the start but I had no idea it would take this long.
Help! cloudy pool
- Thread starter TammyGriffin
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This is my first year with a sand filter though. But I hated that dang de filter. I always wanted a sand filter but wondering now if I made a mistake
- May 3, 2014
- 58,392
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Sand filter are great, except to clear a pool after a big algae bloom. DE filters are a pain with algae, but it is short in duration, and the pool clears quickly.
Follow TFPC closely, and you should not get algae.
Follow TFPC closely, and you should not get algae.
Yeah I was tired of continuously bumping de filter and recharging. Glad to have the sand filter now. But I will never let the algae get like that again.
I think I'm on the right track now. Thanks to all yalls support. I will post again in a few days with an update.
Took filter apart again to make sure everything was good with filter. Sand looked as good as when we put it in. Which was only 2 weeks ago but since so many people thought the floc I put in pool might have messed up the sand I wanted to rule that out so I now know everything is good with the filter.
- Jun 8, 2019
- 4,574
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
It's clearing some but very slowly. I don't understand what could be taking this long.
- Jun 8, 2019
- 4,574
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Something is fighting the pool still. I don’t know where but there has to be something using the chlorine!
Yeah that's what I think too but by now with chlorine so high I would think it would be gone.
I've finally gotten cc down to 0.5. Didn't do the over night loss cause I wasn't home. I will do it tonight. Water is still cloudy though only small change in clarity. Still Maintaining fc slam.
Ok so I've been slamming for approximately 20 days. Water is still not clear. It has gotten better but still not clear. About to go chlorine broke. Lol. My question now is should i continue to slam or should i drop fc down so I can check ph? Or should it be fine to continue? Or should i drain 50% of my water and refill?
- May 3, 2014
- 58,392
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Have you done a OCLT since Sunday?
If you have passed a OCLT, I suggest you drop your FC to 10 ppm and check pH. Then keep FC at 20% CYA minimum while the sand filter works to clear the pool.
If you have passed a OCLT, I suggest you drop your FC to 10 ppm and check pH. Then keep FC at 20% CYA minimum while the sand filter works to clear the pool.
I haven't done overnight test since it was still cloudy. By following the slam. It says to keep slamming until you meet all 3 things. So I haven't checked overnight because it's definitely not clear yet
- May 3, 2014
- 58,392
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
I realize. But once you are a couple weeks in, and FC loss is very stable, and you pass the OCLT with CC 0.5 or lower, backing off the SLAM level is acceptable. It is now a clearing project, and sand filters are slow.
Ok I will see if it pass overnight test tonight. And you say if it does I can drop fc down? And just keep filter going 24 hrs?
- May 3, 2014
- 58,392
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
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