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Thanks for the advice but we have a fiberglass pool and have heard too many horror stories about fiberglass pools popping out of the ground even with concrete around it. We have had several storms within the last few days and don't want to take the chance. We were also advised against totaling draining the pool bec. that will void any warranty that we have with the pool company. CJ

Hi Waterbear, just an update on the cloudy water...went to the pool store and told them about the CYA, cloudy water and the sand in the seats and bottom of pool. That's when I was told that the so called sand was probably mustard algae and I had a whole other problem. It was a small amount then and I was told to use KleenII to clean the sand filter, shock the pool and then add 1qt of banish. I accidentally backwashed the pool about 8 inches below the skimmer so before adding the shock and banish, I had to refill the pool. Anyway, the next day the pool water was crystal clear and I shocked the water with 2-3 bags of shock every other day. By the beginning of the next week the pool was full of algae!!!!!! What do we do now....we have added algaecide, liquid chlorine bleach and we constantly brush the walls and bottom of the pool....it won't go away and stay away. Any suggestions!!!!!

I hope that I read the CYA correct, I filled the tube with the cloudy water and it never even reached the 100 mark before I couldn't see the black dot on the bottom. BTW, we have a sandfilter and yes we use trichlor tabs. It sounds as if the pool has too many chems in it. Why can't the filter and chlorine remove the CYA instead of draining it? I think the pool company put too many chems in the pool when they opened it because the water was not cloudy last year at all...in fact it was crystal clear. Thanks for you advice....

Need some help here....just puchased the 6 way kit from Walmart to test the water. Readings are as below: TC/TB 3 - 6 Tot Alk 120 PH 7.2 Cyanuric Acid - over 100 Pool size is 37 x 16 free form approx 3500 gal Upon opening pool the water was green. We added algacide and other chems that the pool store had us purchase and eventually water turned blue, problem is that the water is cloudy and not crystal clear. We added a little clarifier, we ran the filter 24/7 for 2 weeks and shocked the pool regularly. What are we doing wrong?? Can cloudy water harm you if you swim in the pool? Any suggestions? CJ