Our pool water is cloudy. What more can we do to fix this siutation? Here are the things we have done...?

Question

When we took the pool cover off the water was clear. Then it turned green from some algae. We cleared up the green and now the pool is milky and white. It is very cloudy. We used a bottle of clarifier and still no change. We shocked it twice, have a new pump, and changed our sand to zeobrite. We are still cloudy. The store wanted me to try Super Floc??? Someone else told me to leave the pool alone for 4 or 5 days and just vaccuum the bottom. I don't know what to do. We are confused and upset and spending a lot on this pool. Please help.

Answer 1

Signs posted at the beach say that cloudy water is indicative of bacteria in the water...

Maybe you should just drain the pool and refill it, after a good scrubbing and cleaning of all equipment.

Answer 2

Take a water sample to a pool supply store, they can test it and tell you what you need. Without a water sample everyone is just guessing.

Answer 3

dunnooo

Answer 4

Try True Blue

Answer 5

Draining a scrubbing the pool seems pretty extreme.  I am having the exact same problem. I tried all kinds of chemicals and clarifier's, nothing seemed to work.  I just added Super-Floc to the pool about an hour ago, as a last ditch resort.  It is supposed to coagulate all the particle's and make them fall to the bottom.  After adding you run the filter in bypass mode for a couple of hours and then turn the filter off for 12- 48 hours.  The bad part is you are supposed to vacuum the debris on the bottom "to waste."  This will probably use a lot of water.  I have never used Super-Floc before but I did find some good comments at this site --> http://www.intheswim.com/Pool-Chemicals/...

Ill try to remember to come back in a couple of days and let you know my results.

Answer 6

Empty your pool and scrub down the floor and the sides, my drinking water was doing the same thing to my glasses so we

took a towel and scrubbed the inside till we could drink out of it again.  It might be the sealant on the concrete you may need a professional to remove and reapply

Answer 7

DON'T DRAIN YOUR POOL.  I had the same thing happen.  Unfortunately, I can't remember exactly how we fixed it, but it can be done without the hassle and expense of draining the whole pool.  I think we dumped muriatic acid in the pool to clear it up.  Floc didn't work for us either.  Keep trying different things until you get it cleared up.

Answer 8

What kind of clarifier did you use before?

Super Floc coagulates the fine particles together to make it easier for the filter to remove. A 32 oz. bottle is good for a 40,000 gal. pool and is about $14. Also, zeobrite gives out a cloudy discharge when brand new. You need to backwash it until the water looks clear in the sight glass before running the water back into the pool. Another important thing to remember at closing time is to make sure the water chemistry is correct. I prefer a slightly higher chlorine count before I close mine which helps to get me up and running quicker in the spring. Good luck!

Answer 9

baking soda should clear that right up. get a big bag of baking soda and poor it in with a plastic cup around the edges and throw it in the middle dont use the whole bag about a cup per 5 feet around the perimeter of the pool

Answer 10

Try chlorine

Answer 11

add clear to it

Answer 12

You didnt say u replaced the filter.

You apparently have too much hardness in the water.

If you don't want to replace the water, @@@Keep the new filter running, then use 5 gallons of strong White vinegar per 1000 gallons of water placed directly into each corner of the pool.

Then mix the vinegar into the pool with your long cleaning screen tool.

Mix the pool every 4 hours.

The vinegar will clear up the calcium after 2 days.

You will then have to re chorinate the pool, Use ur water tester for final results,  and you should install a Decalcifier or Carbon filter in the water supply line to the pool, to keep this from happening in the future.

If after 2 days it's still cloudy then you'll have to drain the water, brush down all the surfaces with White vinegar, then thoroughly rinse off the vinegar.

Total hardness in the context of pool water refers to the total mineral content of the water. This is made up of calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese and other elements. These elements are present in the water used to fill the pool, and the levels can increase through the use of regular pool chemicals (e.g. chlorine composed of calcium hypochlorite). We are interested in the calcium hardness levels.

The ideal range for calcium hardness is 250-350 ppm.

If the calcium hardness is too low, the water becomes corrosive and results in the etching of the pool's surfaces. Metals corrode - and this includes pool equipment, pipe fittings and pump connections. As a result, the pool's walls and floor can stain.

Low calcium hardness can easily be increased using calcium chloride. The amount needed can be calculated using the calcium chloride calculator.

NOTE: divide the required amount of calcium chloride into 3 parts. Add the first part and circulate the water for at least 4 hours. Test the water again and repeat the process until the desired level is reached.

If the calcium hardness is too high, the result will be scale formation on all pool surfaces. The filter and pipes become clogged, reducing water flow and filtration efficiency. The water becomes cloudy and swimmers complain of eye irritations.

Reducing calcium hardness is very difficult. Either replace some or all of the water in the pool, or add chemicals that will keep the calcium in solution and prevent it from depositing out.

Answer 13

if you use ur pool a lot and use sunscrean that can be the reason why its cloudy beacause my pool gets cloudy if many people use it and wear sunscrean.