I am lying awake at 1:30 in the morning thinking about my pool. I have never had an issue with cloudiness like I am having this year. I have been following the SLAM method faithfully. I have learned a lot about water chemistry and have found this site very, very helpful and I will continue to use the SLAM method going forward.
BUT.... it has been two weeks since I opened my pool and I have been running the filter 24/7 and I still have this cloudy water that I can't seem to clear up. Something more seems to be going on here and I don't think the solution to my pool problem is more chlorine. For 20 years I got by with my Poolmaster test kit, test strips, Cal Hypo, Trichlor Tabs.... and lots of luck.... and I usually had nice clear water most of the summer. So I can't help thinking something else is going on with my pool this year..... and I don't think more chlorine is the solution.
So what's different this year??? This year I switched the media in my sand filter to something called Filterglass. I used regular sand for many years, then tried zeosand (which has been in my filter for the past 5 years). This year it was time to change the sand again and I came across this product called Filterglass, so I thought I would give it a try. Here is what I found out about
Filterglass before trying it... and here are some
reviews of the product.
While all indications are that it is a good product, I can't help but thinking that this is the ONE FACTOR that changed this year... and I am slowly coming to the conclusion that what I have is a filter problem...... not a FC problem.
I sure hate to do this because changing sand is a big pain in the butt and this will be a huge waste of money, but I think I have to pull this stuff out of my filter and go back to either regular sand or zeosand.
Any advice before I take this drastic step to try to fix my cloudy pool. I have tried using some DE in the filter and so far it does not seem to be working. I wonder if it is even possible that the DE is getting through this particular type of media and getting into my pool and contributing to the cloudiness. Is that possible?
Any thoughts would be helpful before I take the drastic step of changing my sand again after just doing this lousy chore two weeks ago!