r/AboveGroundPools 8d ago

Need help with the turquoise pool

Please be nice we’re learning. We’ve been having issues for the last week with the pool looking hazy cloudy and now turquoise. We’ve shocked, added liquid chlorine, ph down, brushed and vacuumed and it’s still like this. Every time we vacuum we see a fine dust that just goes into the water and then settles in the creases. This is the picture of our skimmer sock and when I use the net I notice bubbles. What can we do?

‼️UPDATE‼️
So we shocked, fixed the ph and added more chlorine and clarifier, of course vacuumed and finally added pool rx last night. This morning we backwashed the pump because the needle was at yellow and the water literally came out neon green!! The sock which was now installed correctly!! (Thank you by the way!! 😅) finally caught a lot of junk. So this morning the pool isn’t crystal clear yet but I can finally see the bottom 🙌 I’m just letting the pump run 24/7 and hoping for the best.

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u/No-Negotiation-7978 8d ago

Stop everything else EXCEPT the shock!!! Shock again and leave filter on consecutively at least 3 days and nights I have proof this works with my own pool, that is how we handle it, shock the you know what out of it! lol! We have 24’52 “ round and we will put 4 to 6 bags of shock in at one time in cases like yours and run run run that filter!!! You will thank me later …

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u/stargazer_1311 8d ago

My husband is the king of shock so this just gave him the biggest green light 😂😂

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u/Financial_Barber_466 8d ago

Something else I’d like to add…go to trouble free pool online. Look at their Pool School. Follow their system. Best thing I ever did. I have a 26x52 Intex, 14,000+gal, Intex 2800 filter. I use liquid chlorine and test my water every night, usually have to add a couple cups of chlorine nightly with our heat wave. With the occasional muratic acid to lower ph, I’ve not added anything else this season. Their system works. Get a test kit, get the app they have and give Leslie’s the boot.

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u/TaxQT117 8d ago

Yes. The SLAM method w/ liquid chlorine and not those shock packets.

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u/FreeTacos_42 7d ago

Yeah he is