Re: HELP PLEASE!!
The breakdown products of CYA by bacteria will not cloud the pool. Ammonia, monochloramine, partially oxidized CYA, etc. do not cloud the pool as these chemicals are all fully dissolved (soluble) in water. Large amounts of bacteria or algae can cloud the pool. Chlorine will kill them and will oxidize chlorophyll in algae so it turns from green to grey/white, but it does not remove them completely since it does not oxidize algal cell walls (or most of bacterial cell walls), for example. Good circulation and filtration will clear the pool.
Are you sure you have valves set properly to be filtering (with a cartridge filter you might not have any such valves)? Are you filtering 24/7 to make it go faster? Are you brushing to stir up particles to get them into the filter? With an above-ground pool I suspect you have no floor drain and may have terrible bottom circulation so brushing to stir things up to the skimmer is essential. Pointing a return diagonally downwards can help create a swirling motion to stir up debris. Are you sure you don't have tears in your cartridge filter?
The breakdown products of CYA by bacteria will not cloud the pool. Ammonia, monochloramine, partially oxidized CYA, etc. do not cloud the pool as these chemicals are all fully dissolved (soluble) in water. Large amounts of bacteria or algae can cloud the pool. Chlorine will kill them and will oxidize chlorophyll in algae so it turns from green to grey/white, but it does not remove them completely since it does not oxidize algal cell walls (or most of bacterial cell walls), for example. Good circulation and filtration will clear the pool.
Are you sure you have valves set properly to be filtering (with a cartridge filter you might not have any such valves)? Are you filtering 24/7 to make it go faster? Are you brushing to stir up particles to get them into the filter? With an above-ground pool I suspect you have no floor drain and may have terrible bottom circulation so brushing to stir things up to the skimmer is essential. Pointing a return diagonally downwards can help create a swirling motion to stir up debris. Are you sure you don't have tears in your cartridge filter?
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