So our new pool using KrystalKrete Quartz was filled a little 2 weeks ago. For the first 9 days or so the PB put 9 gallons of acid in water so it can be acid washed using the brush 2-3 times a day. Yes I had to do it and it's a great workout for anyone looking for a free gym membership.
So after 9 days PB emptied pool 50% and filled it back up. He added all the Cynauric acid (Natural Chemistry Instant Conditioner), chlorine, and Scaletec Plus, (pictures added of the product used)etc to bring the pool to where it should be. Here are my current results:
Ph- 7.4
Chlorine - 3ppm
Alkalinity - 80
CYA - 80
FC - 2
So when we built this pool we put the same equipment we bad on our old pool because we like it so much. Which is a Pentair Intelliflo VSF pump, IC 40 (no salt yet since it hasn't been 21 days), so using liquid chlorine. Then this time we went from the Pentair Quad 80 DE filter to the Quad 100 DE Filter. I'm using ZeoFiber in my DE filter just like I did for 10 years on my last DE filter.
The pool is almost 24,000 gallons. We have a Dolphin M600 cleaner that we bought as well.
Here is the problem- I think there is something wrong with my DE filter. I've taken it apart 3 times already, contacted Zeo Inc. to be sure the 26 cups of Zeo Fiber I put in was correct, and it is. The water in the shallow end for the most part is clear, however the deep end seems cloudy. Att night with the pool lights on you can see in the deep end what looks like a bunch of fine Zeo Fiber mixed in the water, which is more than likely why it's cloudy. Ome important thing to know is when my PB added the pre-Mixed stabilizer in the gallon jug to my skimmer slowly, you can see the tiny white beads shoot right back out through the returns into the pool. I contacted Pentair, and they said no it's not leaking and they said to remove the filter and run system for a couple days to be sure chemicals all get mixed in and then put filter back. One thing to note is on the new Quad DE filters they use a little rubber stopper looking deal with a screen on top that goes inside the filter on top of the center pvc pipe that is pr9bably the breather pipe. My old Quad DE 80 filter had what looked like a cyclinder shaped air stone instead of the screen, this part was loose and I out it on correctly this last time, and I thought maybe that is why the water is cloudy, but no luck.
Any ideas? I'm sure I forgot some things, but I'm totally open to any ideas orwhat to really look for inside DE filter to see if it's where the DE is escaping back into the returns.
I've attached a night pic with the pool light on to hopefully show what it looks like and another during the day.
Thank you in advance for any help and sorry for the long post.
So after 9 days PB emptied pool 50% and filled it back up. He added all the Cynauric acid (Natural Chemistry Instant Conditioner), chlorine, and Scaletec Plus, (pictures added of the product used)etc to bring the pool to where it should be. Here are my current results:
Ph- 7.4
Chlorine - 3ppm
Alkalinity - 80
CYA - 80
FC - 2
So when we built this pool we put the same equipment we bad on our old pool because we like it so much. Which is a Pentair Intelliflo VSF pump, IC 40 (no salt yet since it hasn't been 21 days), so using liquid chlorine. Then this time we went from the Pentair Quad 80 DE filter to the Quad 100 DE Filter. I'm using ZeoFiber in my DE filter just like I did for 10 years on my last DE filter.
The pool is almost 24,000 gallons. We have a Dolphin M600 cleaner that we bought as well.
Here is the problem- I think there is something wrong with my DE filter. I've taken it apart 3 times already, contacted Zeo Inc. to be sure the 26 cups of Zeo Fiber I put in was correct, and it is. The water in the shallow end for the most part is clear, however the deep end seems cloudy. Att night with the pool lights on you can see in the deep end what looks like a bunch of fine Zeo Fiber mixed in the water, which is more than likely why it's cloudy. Ome important thing to know is when my PB added the pre-Mixed stabilizer in the gallon jug to my skimmer slowly, you can see the tiny white beads shoot right back out through the returns into the pool. I contacted Pentair, and they said no it's not leaking and they said to remove the filter and run system for a couple days to be sure chemicals all get mixed in and then put filter back. One thing to note is on the new Quad DE filters they use a little rubber stopper looking deal with a screen on top that goes inside the filter on top of the center pvc pipe that is pr9bably the breather pipe. My old Quad DE 80 filter had what looked like a cyclinder shaped air stone instead of the screen, this part was loose and I out it on correctly this last time, and I thought maybe that is why the water is cloudy, but no luck.
Any ideas? I'm sure I forgot some things, but I'm totally open to any ideas orwhat to really look for inside DE filter to see if it's where the DE is escaping back into the returns.
I've attached a night pic with the pool light on to hopefully show what it looks like and another during the day.
Thank you in advance for any help and sorry for the long post.
