Cloudy Pool Water

565 topics

Page 1 of 29
- Jump to page:
1
2
3
4
5
…
29
Next

Topics

Replies

Views

Last post

Cloudy Pool Water Support - READ FIRST
1

2

3
by Larry » Sun 01 Mar, 2009 16:52

First post

In order to help us provide you with more accurate and quicker help for your cloudy pool water problems, we suggest that you include as much of the...

Last post

The water usually becomes cloudy when the amount of pool chemicals in the water is imbalanced. This could be due to high alkalinity, high or low...
23 Replies

35403 Views

Last post by Denniswiseman
Wed 03 May, 2017 06:26
Cloudy Swimming Pool Water
1

2

3

4

5
by Larry » Wed 04 Jan, 2006 14:45

First post

See cloudy pool water for more info

Last post

Cloudy Pool Problem Solved With Quick Drain
This has been the most discouraging pool opening ever!!!!!!!! We have had a pool since 1985, we...
42 Replies

66266 Views

Last post by Ray & Cheryl
Wed 04 Jul, 2012 11:33
HELP! I put Calcium Hardness in my skimmer and now it is clogged!

by LooHull » Wed 21 Jun, 2017 12:50

First post

I am very very new to pool maintenance, we had an above ground 12x18 pool installed August 2016, so this is my first full summer having to maintain...

Last post

Backwash your filter to clear out the clog
Stay out of the pool store, they are in the business of selling
Get a decent test kit (TaylorK2006c or...

1 Replies

49 Views

Last post by Denniswiseman
Wed 21 Jun, 2017 17:06
Brown powder from Baking soda??

Attachment(s) by FarawayPool » Mon 12 Jun, 2017 00:58

First post

Hello team,

I have an L-shaped, 32,000gal pool with a 20' infinity edge. Had no problems over the past 4 years - water has pretty much been crystal...

Last post

What a beautiful pool. I bet you are proud and love it
To add CYA you can use stabilised chlorine pucks and granules to bring it up (they should be...

6 Replies

96 Views

Last post by Denniswiseman
Fri 16 Jun, 2017 02:24
Pool turned cloudy after robot cleaning

by supersub » Tue 13 Jun, 2017 12:06

First post

Our in-ground saltwater pool was built and filled last summer, even though the surrounds continued to be a building site. It was uncovered over the...

Last post

Thanks, Dennis!

4 Replies

49 Views

Last post by supersub
Wed 14 Jun, 2017 14:58
Pool got cloudy after shocking
1

2

3

4

5
by ToddFur » Sun 15 May, 2005 21:20

First post

My pool was clear and in good shape until I shocked it and it got all cloudy. I went to a local pool store to have the water tested out and the...

Last post

we are on well water which is very hard and has alot of iron and calcium so I use a 1/2 bottle of the metal mineral stuff and it really seems to help...
40 Replies

293963 Views

Last post by truckerirish
Sun 11 Jun, 2017 17:10
cloudy water but pool is balanced

by akaufman » Thu 08 Jun, 2017 09:42

First post

Hi there,
I have a 20,000 gallon above ground pool with a salt system and a Hayward cartridge filter. I went to the pool store and they tested my...

Last post

Hi Alex
With a CYA of 50 in a salt water pool, you need to raise it to 70 and target 5ppm chlorine with a minimum of 3 and a shock level of 28ppm...

1 Replies

83 Views

Last post by Denniswiseman
Fri 09 Jun, 2017 05:33
Added calcium carbonate instead of calcium chloride and need help badly
1

2
by thetech101 » Tue 16 May, 2017 22:09

First post

As the title says I added the wrong chemical and my water turned cloudy and I'm hoping someone can tell what thus stuff is gonna do and how to remove...

Last post

Shock which is just a high level of chlorine can still have CYA in it
SLAM is an acronym for Shock Level and Maintain, which is used to kill off...
15 Replies

157 Views

Last post by Denniswiseman
Sun 21 May, 2017 12:27
Cloudy Water but Chemicals fine

by My Penny » Sun 14 May, 2017 14:31

First post

I have very cloudy water and my chemicals are fine. I've read a lot of articles and talked to my pool store, and I'm convinced it must be a problem...

Last post

Penny, hubby found this. Probably one of the funniest and easiest how-to's I've seen when it comes to de filter grids and all that stuff.

3 Replies

276 Views

Last post by FloatySwimmer
Fri 19 May, 2017 19:35
Pool water turned yellow/brown, after algacide and shock treatment

by Hubguy24 » Mon 15 May, 2017 11:06

First post

Hi, I'm fairly new to this posting board, but I'm having a hard time with the pool water.

The pool was not maintained throughout the winter,...

Last post

You really need to get a decent test kit (Taylor K2006C or TF100) and test the water yourself, pool stores and strips are widely inaccurate (pool...

1 Replies

139 Views

Last post by Denniswiseman
Mon 15 May, 2017 16:24
frustrating as all heck...

by fishoutofwater » Tue 02 May, 2017 16:41

First post

bought a house that came with a 24-foot above-ground. They did not open it at all for a year and it was left uncovered. We drained as much as we...

Last post

You have to Slam
Check your chlorine /CYA with Chlorine / CYA Chart after checking the recommended Pool Levels for your pool then adjust with Pool...

1 Replies

59 Views

Last post by Denniswiseman
Tue 02 May, 2017 16:54
Intermittently / cyclicly cloudy

by hartlenb » Sun 02 Apr, 2017 16:54

First post

Problem : My pool regularly goes milky cloudy. So much so that you can't see the bottom (only 5'). Other than it only occurs when the pump is running...

Last post

So... I decided to check the filter cartridges myself. They weren't as clean as I was led to believe. I gave them a modest cleaning (didn't have time...

4 Replies

85 Views

Last post by hartlenb
Wed 26 Apr, 2017 10:18
Have been shocking the pool, it's no longer green but it hasn't gotten clear.

Attachment(s) by fivestones » Sat 15 Apr, 2017 18:00

First post

Problem : I bought a new house with a pool last fall, didn't know anything about pools. The water was crystal clear and was great to swim in for a...

Last post

You're welcome, we all need that little bit of extra help and when you think of the whole world that's a lot of experience

4 Replies

180 Views

Last post by Denniswiseman
Sun 23 Apr, 2017 03:31
Very cloudy pool

by Paige » Mon 10 Apr, 2017 16:21

First post

Problem: We purchased a house with a small 10500-gallon gunite pool. The pool was put in 4 - 5 years ago and well maintained as far as we can tell....

Last post

Hi Paige
You need to SLAM the pool
I don't have the link at the moment as I'm on holiday but look up and you will find the link and lots of other...

1 Replies

97 Views

Last post by Denniswiseman
Thu 13 Apr, 2017 19:17
Temporarily cloudy

by KevinH » Sun 13 Dec, 2015 22:49

First post

Twice now I have the same issue, took the cover off the pool and it was crystal clear but needed a light clean, once I started the pool started...

Last post

It's the SWCG producing microscopic chlorine gas bubbles

4 Replies

245 Views

Last post by Denniswiseman
Mon 03 Apr, 2017 02:48
Could my pool be cloudy/turbid and unsanitary?

by juanb955 » Thu 22 Dec, 2016 00:43

First post

Hey!

I haven't had it tested yet, its kind of blue/green in the deepest part, but its clear in the shallow part. I have two floating chlorine...

Last post

As you have been told here and in TFP get a test kit and post the numbers back, untill you know your free chlorine and Cyauric acid you are guessing

3 Replies

230 Views

Last post by Denniswiseman
Sat 24 Dec, 2016 12:28
Cloud issue .tried everything

by Nixonphotos » Fri 22 Aug, 2014 23:12

First post

It started with must and algae - we were to to super shock it 6 bags of shock and to add the cleaner to it. We did and now it is cloudy - we have...

Last post

Make sure you coagulate the particles ( Use a good Clarifying agent)
Make sure to turn off the pump for 12 hours and let the particuls flock to the...

2 Replies

2829 Views

Last post by ryz82
Tue 29 Nov, 2016 15:24
Cement in Pool

by Reluctantfred » Thu 06 Oct, 2016 07:16

First post

Hi everyone,

I came here out of pure desperation.
I have had a construction team at my house in the past few weeks and they screwed up a bit....

Last post

Hi Fred
So glad you are getting over this
What you need to do is Deep Clean your filter
Don't do a backwash with your filter lid off it will be far...

5 Replies

355 Views

Last post by Denniswiseman
Fri 14 Oct, 2016 10:27
Chlorine Generator causing cloudy pool
1

2
by Guest » Wed 16 May, 2012 10:20

First post

I have a 40000 gal in ground salt water pool, which I have had for about 4 years now. Probably since the second year, I started noticing that at...

Last post

It is normal for an SWG to produce bubbles when working. I don't have an SWG so I can't speak from experience
Try collecting a sample and let it...
10 Replies

8760 Views

Last post by Denniswiseman
Sun 25 Sep, 2016 05:21
PH and Cloudy (Clean Water)

Attachment(s) by kieronma » Fri 26 Aug, 2016 00:42

First post

The water in my pool has gone cloudy and I think I've added too much PH+ and now it's saturated (see picture)
cloudy.jpg

You can see that the...

Last post

You were guessing about using PH- Why did you add PH+ did you have numbers to indicate adjustment, if so why didn't you post them
If you had a test...

5 Replies

190 Views

Last post by Denniswiseman
Fri 26 Aug, 2016 12:30

565 topics

Page 1 of 29
- Jump to page:
1
2
3
4
5
…
29
Next

Return to Board Index

Who is online at the Pool Help Forum

Users browsing this forum: CommonCrawl [Bot] and 0 guests