Why is the deep end of my pool cloudy
Cloudy Pool Water, Causes and Cures
there are a number of reasons why your
pool
for the problem with it was the filter
problem and the filter would just
replace it wasn't filtering properly and
he felt it was about 20 years old so the
new filter should clear up very nicely
focus size filter was installed here and
here's the problem this one's cloudy not
the lack of chlorine as you can see it's
got a really good chlorine level I just
was a filtration problem but that's one
of the things that could be wrong with
your pools the water is cloudy and you
have a good chlorine reading and also a
filter is not running long enough you
should cycle your water through at least
once a day twice is optimal depending on
your filter size will be the amount of
time it takes to circulate through so
check your owner's manual and your
filter you could look it up online so
this pool will clear up just for the
fact that I'm going to take time the
cycle through and get all the cloudiness
out a lot of it had to do with the filth
that old filter not filtering properly
so once this thing cycles through a day
or two it'll be crystal clear and here's
that old filter in my truck ready to be
recycled and again you know your filters
a key component to water clarity so
that's your number one thing to check
first
and the spool is a little cloudy because
it has actually has a filter leak and
you can see I put something in there and
you can see that the filter is shooting
it right back out into the pool from the
returned jet and that's why this boats a
little cloudy because it's got a slight
filter Lee
again here's another reason why you pull
from your cloudy this actual grin you
can actually see it's got a rip in it
causing the beanie to go back in there
and also causing it not to filter
properly I'm going to clean these off to
see if there's any more broken grit it
was actually five grids that are bad on
this filter and this is a telltale sign
that your filters actually leaking
element a CV birth in pool or spa you
know your filter has a leak at that
point
and this pool is cloudy because of
rounded cams and it was actually really
green last week and I had shocked and
brought it back so it's still a little
bit about he due to a lack of Kem's and
circulation
I'm going to vacuum out any excess algae
on the bottom and I'm going to clean the
filter again and put about two gallons
of chlorine and two or three bags of
shock this pools cloudy for a
combination of two things again it's out
of chlorine and it needs to have the
filter clean let's have a look in the
filter and see what we got going on here
and you can see the filter are still
pretty green from last week's clean up
I'm gonna hose that off and I'll get
some more circulation to that pool
definitely clear it up so a big
component of cloudy water is your filter
condition so make sure it's clean and
the other component of course is your
chemical that will sort of the two main
things that cause the pool water to turn
cloudy so I'm going to clean out these
grids and refer to my filter cleaning
videos I think I have most the filters
on my channel and we want to clean your
filter at least twice a year every six
months or so sometimes more often to
avoid the cloudy cool so I'm gonna go
ahead and put it back charge the filter
up with some de and turn everything back
on
I'm also going to fill the floor up with
tablets put the chlorine in and we use
the yellow trying for a little of the
yellow that's in here I have a video on
how to get rid of algae also key is to
raise the chlorine level up pretty
quickly by super chlorinate in the pool
that will help eliminate the cloudiness
in the water along with a clean filter
circulating the school I'm going to put
a couple capsules of yellow Treen in
here when I put some Cal hypo super
shock which is about 70% available
chlorine threatening to the skimmer so
circulates
any fifity you filter don't forget the
charge of
pretty little earths in there will also
affect the water clarity so the 60
square foot you want to put 10 one-pound
coffee cans in 48 square foot you want
to put 8 and the 36 square foot you want
to put 6 you have to little covering the
grids and what that will happen is I'll
build up a dirt and not cost will
circulate properly the B is there to
prevent dirt from extra clogging the
grids kind of like a protective barrier
between the dirt and the grid so you
need to have the right amount from your
pool you can see the pool is actually
circulating really well now to the
cleaning
and that should clear up pretty good
it's got a little bit of a tint to it
from the green I brushed out but that'll
settle down on the bottom and clear up
and the last thing I'm going to do is
I'm going to let this thing run for 24
hours to kind of help with the
circulation that way circulates the
water through at least five or six times
until it turns off again at tomorrow
around noon
here's the pool that actually has some
total chlorine in it and it's showing on
the aqua check strip you can actually
see the yellow so there's chlorine in
the pool but it's not very effective
because it has combined with nitrogen
causing the cloudiness in the water so
it's not an effective bacteria killer
right now
and
you can actually see there is actually
chlorine in the water but the pool is
very cloudy and that's what happens when
you have that combined chlorine
so I'm going to shocked pool to bring up
the free chlorine I'm going to add some
oxidizer the shock trying to get rid of
some of the chloramines that are causing
the combined chlorine and you can add a
strong oxidizer like this shock drying
here and that will help get rid of the
cloudiness and kill the chloramines
which are actually formed by the
combined chlorine
if you want to keep your pool sparkling
blue like this one here you got to
remember to make sure your filter runs
long enough I cycle the water trip
through make sure your filter is clean
at least twice a year and if it gets old
you need to replace that filter that way
it circulates well and you want to make
sure you check the chemical levels every
week and you can see this pool is
actually running about eight hours a day
which is fine in the summer to cycle the
water through it's about a twenty five
thousand gallon pool and it's got a
sixty square foot filter that I clean it
every twice a year every six months is
combined chlorine and that's when you're
free active chlorine combines with
nitrogen and the pool basically when you
have a party sweat any kind of urine
leakage suntan lotion will combine with
the chlorine causing it not to be
effective and where you notice is the
pool will actually turn cloudy and
you'll actually smell like an ammonia
smell the Taylor test kit actually tests
for combined chlorine that's kind of a
hard test to do for home mode and the
aqua check actually has a combined
chlorine reading on there strip you can
actually test for a total chlorine
reading and the total chlorine is
actually the amount of combined and
active chlorine in your pool to give you
that reading so you don't want any
combined chlorine in your pool at all
learn all of you free and active so if
your total chlorine shows any kind of
combined chlorine you're definitely
going to need to add an oxidizer and
shock your pool if you have a party you
notice the next day the pool is cloudy
definitely probably have some combined
flowing going on there you want to get a
good test kit to test for the pH and the
chlorine weekly you want to make sure
your chlorine level is pretty high
consistently to keep it from zeroing out
causing that cloudy water so again if
your pool does have some combined
chlorine in it you want to run your pool
longer you want to shock it with some
liquid chlorine or Kel hypo super shock
and you want to also add a couple bags
of shock trying depending on the size of
your pool to help eliminate the
performing's in the water causing that
cloudiness and if you take those steps
pull bounce back very quickly
