No Algae but the water is milky cloudy

[rohnds]

I have the pool setup for a month now without any problem. And the thunder storm brought in algae. I have been able to get rid of the algae but my water is still milky cloudy.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

Rohn

 

[Flying Tivo]

Welcome! How can you say you dont have algae? Do you have a test kit? Have you done an Overnight Chlorine Loss Test. Storms dont usually bring algae, its poor chemical balance. I suggest to read up on ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry, and get your own Test Kits Compared so you can keep FC/CYA Levels balanced correctly. You can download the PoolMath app to keep track of your pool.

 

[rohnds]

Thanks for replying. I am new to this. It started out being greenish color. So I put algaecide and vacuum the the next day. Now it turned from green to a milky color afte shocking the pool 3x.
Chlorine level read almost 0 ph 7.0 alk 80.

 

[mknauss]

Welcome to the forum!
You need to follow the SLAM Process. To do that, you need a proper test kit. I suggest the TF-100 A proper test kit is needed to get the accurate water chemistry results needed to follow the TFP protocols.

While you are waiting on your test kit, add 5 ppm FC worth of liquid chlorine / plain bleach to your pool each evening with the pump running. This will replenish the FC lost each day to the sun and also inhibit any algae in the water from growing further.
I suggest you read ABC's of Pool Water Chemistry.

 

[Richard320]

Welcome!

You've still got algae. The majority of it may be dead and waiting to be filtered out, but it's there. And unless you keep the chlorine level up it'll come back with a vengeance and go green again. Avoid the urge to use floc or clarifiers. If you want to know why not, use the search box up top and look for threads with "floc" in the title.

You need the SLAM Process
If you prefer the movie to the book,