No matter what I do my pool stays cloudy. HELP!!!?

Question

I have an above ground, 18ft.x4ft intex pool. My clorine and pH levels are both fine. I have had problems with my water turning green. When I shock it the green goes away but I am left with cloudy water and a residue at the bottom. I have tried vacuuming it but it just goes in the vacuum, through the filter and straight back into the pool. I have also tried using a clairifier but that doesn't seem to help one bit. I need some good advice.

Answer 1

Have you had it tested by a pool place?

That's going to be your clue to anything--you want to make sure you kill anything that's in there.

Take it to your neighborhood pool store and have it tested. Most places will do it for free if you use their chemicals.

Answer 2

I have the same problem. It's only been this year though and this is what I've done. First, I add a little bit more clairifier - not even an ounce and I always dilute the clarifier with pool water before I walk around the pool and drizzle it in. Then - here's my secret.....it's new, clean, yellow tennis balls. I have about 3 of them that I put in and let float around. I don't know why this works, but it does. Our local pool is having the same problem and a friend of mine was telling me and I told her about the tennis balls. She told the pool manager - they bought a case and threw in about 20 and then next day the pool was not cloudy. You can't keep them in all the time - you have to replace them sometimes. I hope this works for you because it worked great for me.

Answer 3

i work at a pool supply store and we get this type of problem often, the problem is that there are a lot of possibilities of what's wrong. to diagnose this i would need to know what type of filter you have and the last time you back washed.
if u have a DE or cartridge filter and you haven't back washed recently, do that, if u have been then i would check you filter grids and see if there are any rips or tears and that there all in properly.
if u have a sand and u haven't replaced it in 3 or 4 yrs i would replace the sand since it's probably old and thats the reason the stuff keeps going through

Answer 4

If you have checked everything the way a non-technical person would have done (check chlorine, pH, etc) and there is still something wrong, then it is time to bring in the experts. None of us on this page (except for the one who says he does these things) is an expert.

And even the one who says he works on these things can not give you a proper diagnosis.

Thus, call in the expert and have them look at your pool.

Answer 5

Cloudy swimming pools are often hence of low Ph ranges. clean the filter out, put in ask your self and upload PH up. Chlorine on my own won't clean it. As for the algea.. there's a chemical for that too. good success

Answer 6

You need to clean your filter...the smaller the filter, the more often it needs cleaning and/or cartridge replacement. Debris returning from the filter to the pool is an unmistakable sign.

Answer 7

I would take a good look at the pools filtration system. some ware the unit is not working to good.

Answer 8

Have you changed the pool filter cartridge?

Answer 9

http://appliancequickfix.com/ has a great page on pool water maintenance. The pool store will sell you anything that you will buy.

Answer 10

Mayb try emtying the pool of its water clean it abit and refiling?