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...

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?

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Post some test results such as:

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

Even if they are pool...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

What do your test results show (ph and chlorine level) :? ?

I have a new pool (10-08) and have the same problem. I installed an o zone gen made no difference. drained pool 1/2 way adjusted salt level 4200. and...