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Cloudy Pool Water

Cloudy pool water and swimming pool care instructions. "Why is my pool cloudy?", swimming pool water maintenance and swimming pool questions answered here.



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Swimming Pool Care and Maintenance


Sometimes you'll seem to have milky pool water overnight. What can you do about it to get back your clean pool water?

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Example Of A Cloudy Pool

Where Does Cloudy Swimming Pool Water Come From?

There could be many reasons for this situation, so check out this list and see if any apply to your swimming pool.

  1. Bad or inconsistent chlorination with pool chlorine or weak hypochlorous acid

    2. This might be the main reason which can cause a whole host of problems.

  2. Excess dead or dying swimming pool algae

  3. Your pump is not running long enough

  4. Too much Sodium Bicarbonate (for pool alkalinity and pH)

  5. Too much Calcium Chloride which might produce hard water scale. Time to check the water hardness testing with one of the many pool water test kits, spa test strips, or Lamotte test kits

    6. I prefer an FAS-DPD K-2006 Taylor test kit which can be purchased at the Swimming Pool Supplies Store

  6. Wrong/bad level of cyanuric acid (pool stabilizer), or dichlor /li>

  7. Calcium Hypochlorite (for chlorination)

  8. Pool chlorine tablets/smart sticks old or ineffective

  9. Too much flocculation (flocculate) in swimming pool water

  10. Pool pH too high

  11. Inground pool covers left on for too long

  12. Pool ionizer or pool ozonator not functioning properly

  13. Clogged or improperly working pool filter system

  14. Bad swimming pool shock (using too much or not enough)

  15. Cracked or leaking pipes from skimmer or pump causing bubbles in the pool

  16. Bather load too high for a period of time or too many people at once

  17. Too much Baquacil, Proteam supreme, Softswim, or Bioguard pool chemicals

  18. Bad/wrong pool water chemistry and weekly pool maintenance

  19. Wrong or old pool acid

  20. The DE pool filter is cracked, not cleaning correctly, or is leaking DE back into the pool

  21. Sand in sand filter too old, has low sand, not backwashed fully or correctly, or sand has "channeled" down the side of the filter housing

  22. Poorly functioning pool water filters

  23. Wrong chemicals for salt water pool systems/saltwater pools, bad or inconsistent salt water pool maintenance

  24. Bad, shorted out, or calcified chlorine generator pool/salt cells

  25. Multi-Port Valve damaged, is cracked, damaged gasket, or plumbing is wrong

  26. Pump worn out or impeller broken or blocked

  27. Pipes are clogged up with a foreign object or gummed up through chemical use

  28. Refinished pool plaster

  29. Over-brushing of new pool plaster

  30. Dust, pollen, or mud

  31. Use and/or over-use of phosphate remover such as "Phosfree"

  32. Over use of pool algaecide

  33. Supersaturation of chemicals not in line with the Langelier index

  34. Bad or wrong swimming pool winterization/pool closing

  35. Green pool water


As you can see from this list, there are many reasons why you can have cloudy swimming pool water. With a good dose of the proper pool tips, and your pool will look crystal clear and you'll have the pool perfect for you and your family.

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Myths About "Pool Water Cloudy"

These are a few things I have learned that won't cause swimming pool cloudy water.

  1. Too much pool chlorine

    2. This is good at killing algae and taking care of green pool water.It will make swimming uncomfortable causing possible swimming pool rash and/or chlorine rash. Only Calcium Hypochlorite will cloud your pool, especially when you do a pool shock and will be an expensive lesson in weekly pool maintenance and will increase your pool maintenance cost.

  2. Low calcium hardness and low pool alkalinity

  3. Low cyanuric acid level (CYA) but this will lead to lower and less effective chlorine levels and a high chlorine demand causing problems such as a green algae swimming pool, white water mold, yellow algae, blue-green algae, etc...



How To Treat Cloudy Pool Water

Normally, the main reason for cloudy swimming pool cloudy water is swimming pool algae growth. Knowing this, you'll need to shock the pool to kill the pool algae.


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Swimming Pool Chlorine


Some may say to use a clarifier. That's good advice but a clarifier will only work after the algae is dead, it will not kill the algae or green swimming pool water.

First off, be sure to:

  1. Get your readings in line. Use a good FAS-DPD K-2006 Taylor Test Kit

  2. Scoop out as much debris as you can and vacuum

  3. Run the filter 24/7 until you have clear pool water


Taylor Reagent FAS-DPD K-2006 Pool Water Testing Kit


After you have effectively killed all of the swimming pool algae, then you can use a claifier, but only after you've allowed the filtration system to do its job.

A partial water change might be in order for cloudy pool water, but allow this to work first before going that route. Remember when dealing with swimming pool care, patience is needed.

Don't worry if you have cloudy pool water. Even the best pool owners with a good understanding of basic pool care and using the best pool tips will slip up every now and then. Things may happen, but don't worry about your "swimming pool cloudy" issue. You have the swimming pool maintenance tips to take control of the problem properly.

So go clear up your cloudy pool water and safe swimming to you and your family.

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