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Cloudy water - HELP - what is floc??

by sdavis250 » Tue 31 Jul, 2007 19:17

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can't clear up cloudy water, have above ground Intex pool with blow up ring. Nothing has helped, algae treatment, shock, clarifier!!! what is floc???

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unfortuatly the intex pools do not come with a vacuum that hooks up to a skimmer maybe you could give advice on something else that might work...

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Last post by Backglass
Mon 06 Aug, 2007 19:13
vacation

by amyher » Sat 04 Aug, 2007 01:54

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soo i came back from vacation and mypoolwas very gree, I shocked it twice with stop yellow and 2g of chlorine. still its blue now but cloudy ive...

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how long does this usually take?

If you keep your chlorine up and keep filtering...5-7 days.

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Last post by Backglass
Mon 06 Aug, 2007 14:10
ph fluctuations

by Guest » Thu 02 Aug, 2007 20:25

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I have been having trouble all year with my ph fluctuating wildly,at opening it was constantly high,now is almost always low.I use balance pak just...

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how do you control the alkalinity? mine gets high but I'm not sure what I'm suppose to do to get it to the ideal range

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Last post by Guest
Sun 05 Aug, 2007 22:52
from green to cloudy

by guest » Sat 04 Aug, 2007 10:04

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ok my pool had a slight green appearance but you could still see the bottom . I use a shock and a algaecide , the pool no longer has a green tint but...

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ok my reading are :

hardness 200

free chlorine 2-4

ph 7.5

ta 180

cya 100

does this help in why my pool went from light green and I...

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Sat 04 Aug, 2007 16:27
cloudy water after alkalinity up and ph up

by neikid7 » Sat 28 Jul, 2007 20:26

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I had my water tested at Leslies today,ph was 7.1, total alkalinity 50, ca 220, cya 30, phosphates 500, and chlorine 0. I was told to add 20lbs of...

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High pH and high Total Alkalinity (TA) can cause cloudiness which is caused by an over-saturation of calcium carbonate. pH Up causes both the pH to...

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Last post by chem geek
Wed 01 Aug, 2007 16:27
suddenly cloudy water

by sneldred1 » Thu 26 Jul, 2007 09:57

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Hi, I'm new here but have been lurking for a few months. I have suddenly got cloudy pool water. I can still see the bottom, but it is not crystal...

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High chlorine levels above 10 ppm will affect the pH test usually making you think the pH is higher than it really is. So generally, you get the pH...

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Last post by chem geek
Wed 01 Aug, 2007 16:22
Cloudy Water

by Guest » Wed 01 Aug, 2007 14:47

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I brushed the floor of my above fround 18ft pool the other day and then it turned my water green, i have a multifunction tablet in my dispenser, and...

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Checked with my test strips and alkalinity is fine Ph is fine but the stabiliser free chlorine is low, how can i top this up bearing in mind i have...

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Wed 01 Aug, 2007 14:55
how do you fix your pool if you aren't a chemgeek

by miller36 » Fri 20 Jul, 2007 10:59

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I have been trying to read all the posts to fix my problem as I have no replies as of yet and I just don't seem to be able to get it. I am spending a...

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Miller36-

We used to have a small pool like you describe and I had a heck of a time trying to keep the darn thing clean and sparkling. We eventually...

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Last post by pool_mom
Wed 01 Aug, 2007 14:34
green cloudy water, now blue-white cloudy water

by irishsph » Mon 30 Jul, 2007 11:09

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After being gone for a few weeks, I of course returned to find my pool looking somewhat like pea soup. I couldn't see the bottom of the pool. I went...

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thanks!

but what do you mean by this: Now your going to need a lot of water to do this so make sure that your balance tank is well full or that you...

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Last post by irishsph
Mon 30 Jul, 2007 11:53
cloudy and now greenish AGAIN...
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by tnt2000 » Wed 04 Jul, 2007 08:20

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Ok This has happened before, about 3 weeks ago. I was told just to keep shocking it and it will clear up. It only got worse. Finally I went to...

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The DE they sell locally is crystalline silica, is this the same thing???

No. DE is DE (Diatomaceous Earth), it wouldn't have any other name....
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Last post by Backglass
Mon 30 Jul, 2007 08:33
Cloudy after shocking
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by liontiger » Fri 20 Jul, 2007 10:31

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We just opened our 30,000 gal pool this spring. After weekly shocking (3 lbs poollife shock) ouyr water stays cloudy for longer and longer periods of...

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The CYA was 34. We never had algae. The hardness was 200. pH was 7.2 and TA was 120. We use an algicide every week. I am going to invest in one of...
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Last post by liontiger
Sun 29 Jul, 2007 20:36
cloudy water

by etuma5 » Thu 26 Jul, 2007 22:12

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I just can't get my chemials in line. My ph is at 7.2 my alkalinty is 150 but when I add muric acid which lowers the alkalinty trying to get it...

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You can lower your Total Alkalinity by following the procedure in this post , but your cloudy water may be due to algae. You need to give us your...

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Last post by chem geek
Fri 27 Jul, 2007 02:10
Lots of Question re: cloudy, then green and losing water

by Still Learning » Mon 23 Jul, 2007 21:38

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We are very new at this.

Our test strips read normal yet the water is either cloudy, then turns green... we shock it and the algae settles, vacuum,...

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Hi and welcome.

In order for us to "HELP!" we have to know where your water is at. Take a sample down to the pool store for a full...

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Last post by Backglass
Tue 24 Jul, 2007 08:43
Low Chlorine

by lcjv95 » Mon 23 Jul, 2007 15:45

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My water is not perfectly clear and I can't keep chlorine in the pool. I recently had to use an algecide to clear up "yellow algae" per...

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Do not add any more CYA to the water. In fact, you should not be using stabilized chlorine (i.e. Trichlor pucks/tabs) since that increases the CYA...

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Last post by chem geek
Mon 23 Jul, 2007 16:29
bleach when chlorine number is high? help help help
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by miller36 » Fri 20 Jul, 2007 16:45

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I finally got the ph down on my tiny 8 foot pool...or tub....or headache...any way....chlorine is still off the charts and pool still cloudy....a...

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so backglass I should still be raising chlorine level even if water is clear

Maybe, maybe not...it all depends on if you have high combined...
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Last post by Backglass
Mon 23 Jul, 2007 14:10
CLOUDY WATER
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by D-CEE » Fri 29 Jun, 2007 11:54

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just wondered if anyone has ever had silt (kind of like sand but about a 1000 times finer) in thier pool? it came from our well when we topped of...

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Here is an example of what I would be looking for if I were you , not sure if it is in the right part of the state though ....
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Sat 21 Jul, 2007 01:01
Cloudy water after Soda Ash Addition

by mojojoseph » Fri 20 Jul, 2007 20:23

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Howdy-

First time pool owner here, bought a home with a 30,000 gallon gunite pool. Everything was going swimmingly (no pun intended) until I...

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I suspect your Calcium Hardness (CH) and Total Alkalinity (TA) levels may be high so when you added pH Up, that increased both pH and TA with the...

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Last post by chem geek
Fri 20 Jul, 2007 21:49
Cloudy water, water chemistry seems fine

by gwebb » Mon 16 Jul, 2007 09:55

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Started about 3 weeks ago. Pool started to cloud up. Turned out to be the clogged basket in the pump. My wife removed the drain plug on the pump...

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Very good advice. Above-ground pools do not usually have a floor drain so their circulation is typically very poor especially in the lower depths. So...

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Last post by chem geek
Fri 20 Jul, 2007 11:23
started small 8 foot round and NOW CLOUDY...HELP

by miller36 » Fri 20 Jul, 2007 06:47

My 5 year old loves to swim, but we also have a 2 year old so I figured I would start small with an easy set 8 by 30" pool. Filled it last...

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Last post by miller36
Fri 20 Jul, 2007 06:47
battling weeks of cloudy water

by douhil » Thu 19 Jul, 2007 07:58

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I installed an in ground pool 26,000 gal. last fall and this spring opened it with black algae. I backwashed all of it to waste, but it was still...

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draining my pool will have to be a last resort. My wife would kill me by then.

any update on the amount of m.acid I should use and the stabilizer...

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Last post by douhil
Thu 19 Jul, 2007 15:07

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