My pool is milky and I cant clear it?

Answer 1

I too had milky water in my pool. I also have a chocolate lab dog who loves the water. I found that with allowing the dog to swim would turn the water milky and that a "slime" would develop on my filter and in my filter housing. I can't deny the dog but I can limit the number of swims. My pool is small so it's not hard for me to fix. I change the filter or clean it real well every day for a couple of days following one of her swims. I also heavily "shock" the water at the end of the day for 2 days after her swim. If the cause of you milky water is a 4 legged friend, this has worked for me.

Answer 2

if you use a chlorinator in your pool you will get a white milky substance in your pool form the chlor-tabs. some brands as Pace have a high amount of inert ingredients that cause this problem. you can alleviate this problem by "sweeping" your pool bottom to the drains and back wash your filter often. sweeping should be done every few days to help keep this substance from building up and swimmering activities mixing it into the water.

A: milky or cloudy water is usually the result of overuse and the lack of filtration. The proper balance of the chemicals in the pool are very important to water quality. Sweeping the bottom has little to do with cloudy water unless you have a DE filter and it is sending DE back to the pool. Or you have a painted pool that is chalking. Those are the only sources of cloudy water. Swimming has little to with mixing the water or the chemicals.

Answer 3

Get some floccullant and cast it over the water and turn the pool of for a couple days. All of the cloudiness will be dragged to the bottom of the pool. after a couple of days gently hand vacuum the cloudy layer on the pool floor to waste, DO NOT RUN IT THROUGH THE FILTER AS YOU WANT TO GET RID OF THE FLOCCULLANT. This is a good way to get stubborn crap out of the water.

Answer 4

Test and balance the water. If your salt generator is not working your chlorine can be low, at this point you will need to add granular chlorine. Also check your stabilizer or cya, without this is your chlorine will evaporate. If your cya is fine and your chlorine is low it may be because you need to clean the cell.

Answer 5

Common causes:

Filter not working properly (Needs cleaning or replacement.)

You are using calcium hypochlorite as your shock.

Water is out of balance (pH, Calcium, etc.)

Answer 6

If your pool water is ever milky you have too much or not enough chlorine