Help! cloudy pool
- Thread starter TammyGriffin
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Haven't had a chance to test fill water again. But I will later and post results.Thanks JamesW
LoneWolfArcher
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Ok did the test on the fill water. It took 45 drops of base demand to get ph to 7 and 2 drops of base demand to turn ta to green
Pool still not clear. Waiting on seaklear clarifier to get here. Maybe that will help speed it up some.
It looks like the fill water has a pH of about 4 and the TA is about -10. I'm surprised that you haven't had any issues with it.
I would wonder if the pH has always been so low or if there's a reason that it recently went low.
Maybe take a sample to a water treatment company to see if they have any recommendations.
Maybe take a sample to a water treatment company to see if they have any recommendations.
My parents live about 2 miles from me. I'm gonna test their water next time I go over there.
It's got to be something else in the water that's interfering with the ph test because it tries to turn pink with every drop but within a sec its back to yellow
im not a pro by any means, nor did i even use the SLAM method in particular, but i just kept dumping liquid chlorine as i deemed fit into the pool , at first it was on re circulation but when it became cloudy i put the pump to filter and kept it running, backwashed as needed. and kept vaccuming to waste, then brushing the walls often and adding chlorine while pump running. eventually i could see the bottom and kept vaccuming as needed. didnt even use floc or clarifier.
Yeah I slammed for 20 something days. Now I'm just maintaining about 10 fc. It's clearing but at the slowest rate I've ever seen. Can almost see bottom in shallow end. The clarified I ordered said it wouldn't be here til Thursday. Gonna see what it looks like then.
for me it took from opening (after 2 years of non use) to clear june 16th to july 2nd. Lol literally just kept liquid chlorine, vaccum to waste, brush walls, keep pump on and backwash when needed. pump on for maybe 12-14 hours and last set of days i just didnt even turn it on. ironically those were the days i noticed the clarity because the water was still
- Jul 4, 2012
- 749
- Pool Size
- 21000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
Tammy, having read this forum fairly regularly for the last 6 years or so, this is one of the more mysterious situations I can recall! Not unprecedented, but very very rare. You seem to be doing all the right things and getting all the right advice. Keep at it.
I've been working on this one since about June 15th. Haven't even cut filter off yet. Hate to see power bill.
Bad thing is I'm working so hard to clear this water and probably need a new liner by next season. But couldn't afford everything the same year. Already this year replaced filter and pump, automatic vacumn,and fixing to go get a new booster pump.old one running rough.
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