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Too much Alkalinity up

by dogmae » Sat 08 May, 2010 17:31

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Thanks to Leslie's my Mother put 30 lbs of Alkalinity Up in her pool at once, around 7 PM last night. Today at about 9 AM my father put about 6lbs of...

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Note that the CYA level of 100 ppm is high and in fact could be higher since most CYA tests only measure up to 100 ppm. The high CYA level will make...

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Last post by chem geek
Sun 09 May, 2010 16:55
It all Started with a Chicken.

by ChickenPoop » Sat 27 Mar, 2010 12:15

Ok, never owned a pool before, thought it would be just PEACHY to have a modest above ground/less work/simple maintanence...almost a "throw...

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Sat 27 Mar, 2010 12:15
Can't Clear the Cloud

by Noggin » Sun 14 Mar, 2010 08:03

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Pretty new pool owner here...

Stats yesterday morning
Free Chlorine 5ppm
Total Chlorine 5ppm
Combined Chlorine 0ppm
pH 7.8
Hardness 155ppm...

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The problem has not been solved, but please consider this topic closed. I now believe that algae is the problem and my CYA is too high. Doing a...

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Last post by Noggin
Tue 16 Mar, 2010 07:05
Cholrine and Plants

by Wil » Sun 17 Sep, 2006 18:29

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My neighbors have a pool...and I noticed that my plants tha are located in the "pool dranin run off" die or do not thrive...how could this...

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If the water contains any sort of algaecide, that will also kill plants. Copper is especially harmful.
Has the neighbor's pool been green lately?

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Last post by David3357
Fri 15 Jan, 2010 00:32
Cloudy water and oily film

by Guest » Wed 14 May, 2008 13:29

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We have an 11000 gallon above ground pool with sand filter. We bought our house last October and just opened the pool last weekend. It was a gross...

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The original poster (and this is an old post 5/14/08) had a TA of 180-200 after they added Alkalinity Up. Adding more bicarb is not the answer and is...

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Mon 07 Dec, 2009 04:45
Cloudy Blue Water

by ImInPoolBurnout » Mon 09 Nov, 2009 10:06

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b]Problem : My pool pump died and I had a dark green pool until I got it fixed. Once I got the pump (1HP 220V Hayward Super Pump with Sand Filter)...

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Wait for the clarifier or flocc to do its work. Cloudy blue is good and means the pool is on its way to recovery.

Keep the chlorine at 3.0 or more...

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Last post by Guest
Sat 14 Nov, 2009 10:39
Another cloudy pool

by lmannyr » Fri 16 Oct, 2009 08:14

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FC 20
CC < OR = 0.5
PH 7.2
TA 100
CYA 80

My Hayward cartridge pump has been running 24/7 for 2 weeks now. Changed out the 1 year old cartridge...

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Most likely measurement error. Are you testing this yourself? If tested at a pool store, they often don't do such tests very well, especially near...

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Last post by chem geek
Fri 16 Oct, 2009 22:03
particles in pool water
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by aneysiasnanny » Sun 23 Aug, 2009 20:06

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My pool water looks clear but when you look closely there are little particles floating in the water. We have used clorine, algaecide, and shock in...

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If the DE is settled on the bottom there is only one working approach to get it to main drain. The same one I use to get out the inner ingredient,...
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Last post by Camden
Sat 29 Aug, 2009 23:11
Why do I constantly have to Flok my pool?

by fdnywife » Wed 26 Aug, 2009 09:16

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When I put flocculant in my pool it works. Its the only thing that works. My pool starts out cloudy, I add flocculant, let filter run 2 hours, then...

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Post some test results such as:

Free chlorine
Combined chlorine
total alkalinity
pH
Calcium hardness
Stabalizer level (CYA)

Even if they are pool...

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Last post by brad s
Wed 26 Aug, 2009 09:35
Cloudy Pool & Filtering Problems

by GWPhilyPool » Fri 07 Aug, 2009 12:17

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My inground pool has had clouding water all season, I discovered that the manifold was cracked and I replaced it. This I believe was keeping the DE...

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My inground pool has had clouding water all season, I discovered that the manifold was cracked and I replaced it. This I believe was keeping the DE...

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Last post by Camden
Tue 25 Aug, 2009 21:31
white stuff on surface

by brownmaniac » Fri 14 Aug, 2009 14:33

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I had a pump motor go bad during off season and I was late getting started opening pool this summer. Lots of algea and contaminates. Installed new...

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That's unheard of shocking. How green is the water? Looks like the pool guy is draining your pocket. White crap is not filtered and ended up back to...

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Last post by Camden
Sun 23 Aug, 2009 14:18
pool blue but cannot see deep

by stephen » Sat 22 Aug, 2009 16:57

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I have a pool which is looking blue but cannot see deep down. in getting into teh pool the pool turns thick green. I have cleaned teh filter,...

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thanks for the suggestion.... let me try that.. shall let you know if it works..

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Last post by stephen
Sun 23 Aug, 2009 09:04
Cloudy Water/Salt Pool

by Coop82 » Tue 09 Jun, 2009 06:09

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We have a 16x32 inground vinyl pool, salt water chlorinator... After getting it cleared up for the summer usage, the pump motor went out and we had...

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We have a 16x32 inground vinyl pool, salt water chlorinator... After getting it cleared up for the summer usage, the pump motor went out and we had...

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Last post by RMS1
Sat 22 Aug, 2009 01:48
HELLLLP.............milky water

by doe55 » Thu 20 Aug, 2009 07:36

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I have an above ground 15/48 quick set-up pool it's been up for over a month everthing was fine. The las week or so I noticed it getting a little...

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There are many possible reasons for cloudy water (see this link for an extensive list). The number one cause is having the Free Chlorine (FC) level...

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Last post by chem geek
Thu 20 Aug, 2009 10:17
Water turned white after adding PH increaser

by Chris » Thu 13 Aug, 2009 17:52

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My pool water IMMEDIATLY turned from crystal clear to milky white after adding PH increaser. I have a 10,000gal pool. The PH level was low so I added...

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This is not a mystery. pH Up is sodium carbonate and increases BOTH pH AND TA substantially. If your water is already near saturation with calcium...

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Sat 15 Aug, 2009 11:24
Red pool water

by godsgurl » Mon 29 Jun, 2009 08:04

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my chlorine and PH levels are in the correct range. my alkalinity is at 180. the pool water turned red over night. how do I treat this and what...

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mine too, any help out there, I can not even see i foot down into the water :?

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Last post by jojo2467
Fri 31 Jul, 2009 05:11
Pool owner for 5 days - help

by adadofthree » Thu 02 Jul, 2009 05:27

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Last weekend moved into a house with a crystal clear pool. 30k gallons (imperial), and a sand filter. Pump operates on a timer for 10 hours each...

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A week on, and still no improvement.

Took a sample of water to a pool store a couple of days ago, they said that the pH was far too high, and that I...

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Last post by adadofthree
Fri 31 Jul, 2009 03:57
Cloudy water after algae; high copper level

by DonDonna » Tue 07 Jul, 2009 01:24

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Hello,
Before I ran into this pool forum, I had a problem w/ mustard algae. It's not the 1st time, so I treated it the same way it was treated...

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Initially a sequestrant can cloud the water, but that will dissipate. If the water is also cloudy from dead algae, then continued high shock levels...

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Last post by chem geek
Sun 19 Jul, 2009 02:24
Past Flocculant

by Midwest » Sat 07 Jul, 2007 09:49

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So, I wrote on these forums a few weeks ago about having cloudy water. I noted that our 115,000 gallon and 55 gallon (diving) pools were fairly...

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So, I wrote on these forums a few weeks ago about having cloudy water. I noted that our 115,000 gallon and 55 gallon (diving) pools were fairly...

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Last post by fast rob
Sat 18 Jul, 2009 05:35
Water cloudy after hot weather, can't get it to clear up
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by syarb002 » Fri 10 Jul, 2009 15:21

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Problem : Pool was fine for about a month and a half. We had a weekend of 90-95Â° weather and the water turned cloudy. I've tested and adjusted the...

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You're welcome. I'm glad you had the POP (pool owner patience) to wait for the clearing. You should only lower the FC level from the shock level...
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Last post by chem geek
Thu 16 Jul, 2009 21:27

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