Hi! This is our second summer with our 16x32 inground chlorine pool. Last summer we opened the pool and had beautiful clear water for the whole season. This summer we are not so lucky. We opened the pool on May 8th and cannot get the pool to hold free chlorine. It has gone from a swamp to a blue color but very cloudy, we cannot see the bottom. Water temp is 80 and we have a cartridge filter system. We bought brand new filters last week. I had the water tested this am at the store: FC 0.12; CC 0.85, CYA 45; calcium 251; pH 7.1; alkalinity 33. Based on what I learned in pool school and pool math, I started SLAM. It is a cloudy day here in Ottawa Canada! I've done 3 doses of liquid chlorine (32.4 L or 8.54 gallons total) and cannot get chlorine level over 1. It seems to be disappearing by the time I re-test and add another dose. I'm going to keep dosing but wanted to check here because I'm worried I've made a mistake in this process. Thanks for any help you can provide!
Sarah
Sarah