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Old 06-21-2010, 06:05 PM   #1
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Default Anyone know anything about Inground Pools?

I'm beating my head against the wall here.

My mother has a 20'X40' inground pool. I'm the primary caretaker.

For some reason, I'm having a hell of a time with cloudy water.

pH is perfect. Alkalinity is perfect.

Chlorine is mid-range but seems to be up and down from day to day.

This is the first time I've ever had this problem. WTF

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Old 06-21-2010, 06:07 PM   #2
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Have you tried shocking it? That has always been my sort of "reset button" when I would run into that sort of an issue.
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Old 06-21-2010, 06:09 PM   #3
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Have you tried shocking it? That has always been my sort of "reset button" when I would run into that sort of an issue.
Yeah - I've shocked the crap out of it to see if it would help. No dice.

I may do it again just for giggles.

Thanks for the suggestion though. I'm scratching my head here.
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Dead hooker at the bottom. How old is the filter sand?
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Dead hooker at the bottom.
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Old 06-21-2010, 06:16 PM   #6
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I know that's why I have "friends with pools"

Seriously, take a water sample to the local pool store, they'll test it and fix you right up and save you a bunch of hassle.

Take the dead hooker out first
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Old 06-21-2010, 06:20 PM   #7
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Shocking is the goto for my grandpa too.. if for some reason that doesn't work he just takes a sample to be tested at the place he bought the pool from and they tell him what to do. Last time they told him to add calcium or some shit.. he doesn't use chlorine though.
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Has it been raining a lot there? granted, I would think shocking it would take care of it, but hard telling.
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Go with the "take it to the pool store" option, save yourself time, headache and cash.
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Old 06-21-2010, 06:49 PM   #10
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Rangerscott mentioned the filter. Is it a sand filter or a pleated filter element (like a large oil filter)? If it is the pleated kind take it out of the housing and clean all the crap off it with decent pressure from a hose nozzle. If it is the sand kind when was the last time you backwashed it? If either type of filter is real dirty the water will never get clear. Also already mentioned was shocking it. You said you already did that. The pool looks like it has a vinyl/plastic liner. You may want to be a bit careful with too many shock treatments and a vinyl/plastic liner pool as the material can wear out quick as hell. If it is vinyl/plastic I would get the water tested before shocking it again. Good luck.
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