HELP!!! My pool is a milky bluish white

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Ok, my water is clear though when the light is on at night it looks horrible but during day it appears OK.

OCLT showed less than 1ppm loss

This mornings reading were:

FC= 30
CC= 0 (not sure this is right but I did it 2x and got same result)
Ph = 7.6
CyA = 60
CH = 150
TA = 150

What are you thoughts on Flocculant or Clarifiers to clear it up the rest of the way?

Tomorrow I will be vaccuuming the pool and getting in that arctic water to get all the sticks and rocks that are at the bottom out. My dog is a digger yesterday she threw a boat load of rocks into the pool.
 
turbo v6 camaro said:
an eye dropper can really help to get the right levels in the test tube viales just be sure to rise it out when done like the rest of the stuff

I try not to put anything in my pool but bleach these days this year i had to add a few thing here and there
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This is my 1st year attempting the BBB method, so I am trying to get it all together this year because I did not close it properly last year. This year I will do better. I am amazed at how fast my chlorine level came up and has maintained in the pool just using bleach. I grew up with a pool and my dad always bought Leslie 3" tablets because of the high chlorine content so thats what i always looked for but it was always a fight to keep measurable amounts of CL in my pools when i had my own. In the 6 days that I have only been adding bleach my pool has come farther towards being clear than the 14 days prior going back and forth to the pool store.

So I am sold on the BBB method. Plus Bleach is cheap - $2.49 for 121oz Jug of 8.25% Bleach - is alot better than 3 or 4 per lb of pool store tablets.
 
FatMongo said:
I will be getting some DE tonight and add it to see how the pool looks in the AM. The wife keeps busting my hump over the filter running nonstop.
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The DE finished my process off beautifully, it's a great recommendation. Keep an eye on filter pressure while doing it. After 5 days of the DE, and having followed all the same advice you are following here, if it wasn't for a little pollen and a few small leaves I wouldn't be able to see my water.
 
richie0701 said:
The DE finished my process off beautifully, it's a great recommendation. Keep an eye on filter pressure while doing it. After 5 days of the DE, and having followed all the same advice you are following here, if it wasn't for a little pollen and a few small leaves I wouldn't be able to see my water.
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I added 1 cup of DE to the skimmer last night following the instructions in POOL SCHOOL at about 930pm. I woke up to let dogs out about 430am and back washed my filter. While it was back washing I turned on the light in the pool. I AM NOW 100% SOLD ON THE BBB METHOD. My pool was crystal clear. I can't believe that little trick worked. Last thing I have to do is vacuum and get all the rocks out of my pool.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
 
FatMongo said:
This is my 1st year attempting the BBB method, so I am trying to get it all together this year because I did not close it properly last year. This year I will do better. I am amazed at how fast my chlorine level came up and has maintained in the pool just using bleach. I grew up with a pool and my dad always bought Leslie 3" tablets because of the high chlorine content so thats what i always looked for but it was always a fight to keep measurable amounts of CL in my pools when i had my own. In the 6 days that I have only been adding bleach my pool has come farther towards being clear than the 14 days prior going back and forth to the pool store.

So I am sold on the BBB method. Plus Bleach is cheap - $2.49 for 121oz Jug of 8.25% Bleach - is alot better than 3 or 4 per lb of pool store tablets.
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if you can find the yellow "pool shock" its 10% bleach, sometime it comes on sale for 4 for $7.50 in my area !!

just be sure to adjust the calc to 10% before you add bleach or you will add way to much lol

sometime walmart puts the walmart brand 8.25% on sale for $1 gallon (121oz) i buy like 12 and people look at me funny lol
 

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turbo v6 camaro said:
if you can find the yellow "pool shock" its 10% bleach, sometime it comes on sale for 4 for $7.50 in my area !!

just be sure to adjust the calc to 10% before you add bleach or you will add way to much lol

sometime walmart puts the walmart brand 8.25% on sale for $1 gallon (121oz) i buy like 12 and people look at me funny lol
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Thanks for the tip. Next paycheck I will look for it. Most of the store brands in my area are 8.25% @ $2.99 for 121oz. Amazing how people still call them a gallon of bleach, when i was a kid they were a gallon a full 128oz, but i guess like a pound of bacon that is now 10 or 12 oz, the reduce size charge the same.
 
I just want to say how much I appreciate all the help with my pool again. My family still can't believe that I am only using the BBB method, though I will admit that i have a little bit of the Bioguard Silk Sticks left so I put 2 -3 in my skimmer just to use them up.

Other than that I have only used the BBB, a liquid solar cover which i find amazing that it raises the temp in my pool, and I add the DE to my pool 1 time per week to help keep it clear.
 
Rollercoastr said:
Interesting on the liquid cover... I tried Cover Free this winter and was so underwhelmed by it's ability to reduce evap that I still have 2/3rds or more of the bottle left. Maybe I should give it another shot. Which product are you using?
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I am using Cover Free also, I did add extra each time. I never really took notice about it protecting chemicals from evaporating but it sure does help the temperature in the pool. I like my pool between 72 -80, my wife likes it 80+ and my kids like it as long as it is not frozen and green. The Cover Free raised my pool by about 5 degrees in a 24 hour period, water still evaporated at roughly same rate about 1/8 to 1/4 per day but I know it help the temp.
 
BBB is essentially the saame method as the TFP method we teach.....techniques are the same.

Don't hi-jack this thread satay in the thread you have already started and you will get help. I will post over there now.
 
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