My pool water is mercky and we've added more clorine. Please help!?

Question

My pool water is mercky and we've added more clorine. Please help!?

Answer 1

Take a water sample to the pool store and have them test it....maybe it just needs clarifier added.

Answer 2

First, you need a good test kit. Murky water can be caused by a number of chemical factors but is probably low chlorine or you are close to an algae bloom. Stay away from test strips! They are convenient but are not very reliable and are easily tainted. Get a good liquid test kit. I use the Taylor K 2006. First, make sure your pH is 7.2-7.6. The lower the pH the more effective your chlorine is. Make sure you have stabalizer (cyanuric acid) in your pool. This should be 30-60ppm. Stabalizer allows the chlorine to last longer in the presence of sunlight. You may want to shock your pool if you have any algae on the walls or if your water is slightly green. Use granular chlorine or bleach and get your chlorine level up to at least 11ppm. After 1-2 days your chlorine levels will lower. Then you want to keep the chlorine at 3-5ppm. Make sure you filter is clean. If it is a sand or DE filter you need to backwash. If it is a cartridge filter you must clean the cartridge with a hose. Hope this helps. Feel free to email me if you have any more questions.

Answer 3

do you have a filter, just dust from the air can make it murky

Answer 4

try shocking it once a week.

that happened to my pool this summer too.

my dad had to schock it once a week then it went away!

also make sure you have a good filter, and you net the pool and vacuum it as well (vacuum on occasion - maybe once a week or once every two weeks - it depends on how much dirt is in your pool lol)

not with a real vacuum lol make sure it's a POOL vacuum - you'd be suprised how many people think that they can use a house vacuum in their pool. lol!!!

use test strips (you can find them at the pool store) and then it will tell you what your pool needs more / less of.

like you dip it in the water for about 2 seconds, pull it straight out, but don't touch any of the tabs.  then they will turn colors.  then you hold it up to the bottle and compare the colors.

the colors on the bottle will have markings under them showing which colors you should have, and then if you have lighter or darker colors than that then that means that you need more or less of that certain chemical.

for instance - say the pH level of the pool is represented with green.  your dip strip comes out with a lighter color than it should be according to the bottle.  so then you add a little more pH to make it in the ideal area.

example of dip strips: http://www.swm-pool.com/multi.gif

http://www.1800poolparts.com/images/home...

this is how you compare the colors from the strip to the bottle:

http://www.poolpride.co.nz/content/image...

AND

http://www.poolstore.co.uk/ishop/images/...

http://watertestingblog.com/products/481...

test strips are really helpful!! :)

i hope this helps :D