Water is cloudy in my swimming pool, do you think this might work?

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Our pool has been cloudy for a few days and you can't even see the bottom of the pool in the shallow end. It looks pretty disgusting and it's a pretty dark green. On Saturday I added 1gal of liquid chlorine but forgot to check the levels, nothing happened. Today I checked the levels, Chlorine was high, pH was a tad high, Alkalinity was low, and CYA(whatever that is)was low. So I added Muratic Acid, Pool Perfect, and Powder Plus Shock Treatment. I poured them all into the skimmer because at the time it seemed like the best way to disperse the chemicals.It came back through the Spa/Jacuzzi and waterfalled into the pool, and for a few minutes made bubbles. But now thinking, I think that was semi-retarded because that goes straight to the filter. What do you think and can you give me advice on what to do if I've made a mistake?



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  1. academicjoq says:
    August 29, 2009 at 9:49 am

    As others suggested, shock the hell out of the water with chlorine. As one writer noted, stop peeing in the pool as chlorine will be used to stop the effects of the urine and the chlorine forms chloromines which makes the chlorine ineffective.

    Finally, the most common cause of cloudiness is caused by Ph imbalance. If the Ph is too high, you need to add some more muriatic acid.

    The BEST thing you could do is to take a sample (about a liter) of your water to a pool chemical supply store. They will analyze the water and tell/sell you exactly what you need.

    Before you go to the pool supply store, know the approximate length, width and average depth of the pool so that they can determine the volume and sell you the appropriate amounts of the different chemicals that will get your water crystal clear.

  2. DK439 says:
    August 29, 2009 at 9:49 am

    stop urinating

  3. Bakertheballa says:
    August 29, 2009 at 9:49 am

    To help raise the pH and to ALSO decrease eye irritation you can add Baking Soda.

  4. Jo J says:
    August 29, 2009 at 9:49 am

    I have a pool and the same thing happend to me a couple years ago. When i was taking off the winter cover the mucky wanter ontop of it spilt into the pool and turned it green. Just add a ton of chlorine and keep rinsing your filter. It takes like a week to clean up and be crystal clear. Shock it to.

  5. Shawn F says:
    August 29, 2009 at 9:49 am

    i think you should just put in a buttload of chlorine. that happened to us just this week. the chlorine level was high, but it wasnt like "free" chlorine. so it was "working on someting" turned out my sister just left a ton of diving toys at the bottom that got in the way of the drain. check that out too.

  6. Mikey IV says:
    August 29, 2009 at 9:49 am

    Buy a quart of CLARIFYING FLOCCULANT. Pour it around the water. Run the pump for one hour. Let it set over night. Every thing will settle to the bottom. Vacuum to waste. Wala.

  7. muss08 says:
    August 29, 2009 at 9:49 am

    First, dont rely on a pool store. Adding all those chemicals into the skimmer is not a good idea. Your logic makes sense but it is bad for the equipment. If it hasnt happened too often then you will be fine. The best way to add chemicals is to slowly pour them over a return. This will mix them fine. You need to get your CYA to 30ppm. CYA or cyanuric acid is a chlorine stabalizer. You lose most of your chlorine from sunlight. Without stabalizer your pool could lose all of its chlorine in just a few hours in the sun. To clear up this pool get your pH down to 7.0-7.2. The lower your pH the more effective chlorine is. If your CYA is truly low get your chlorine level up to at least 11ppm and maintain that level until it clears. This will probably require two shocks (check the active ingredient in the powder plus- cal hypo is the best shock) per day. You are going to need to add arm and hammer baking soda to raise your alkalinity. Late morning and after sundown are good times. Vacuum the pool often (preferably to waste) and brush daily. Check your filter daily and clean as necessary

  8. aimstir31 says:
    August 29, 2009 at 9:49 am

    All we do is shock our pool once a week and it’s always crystal clear. Plus vaccumn it every other day. One pound bag to 15,000 gallons of water. Good luck!

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