Why did shocking my pool make it cloudy?

FILTER OR PUMP PROBLEMS: If your pool is cloudy immediately after shocking, it’s not a problem with your pump or filter, but if your circulation is poor, or the filter is dirty or clogs up quickly, or if the pump doesn’t run long enough each day – all of these can create a problem with hazy pool water.

Why is there brown foam in my pool?

The most common cause of foamy pool water is a drop in calcium hardness levels in your pool. A lower water level can cause bubbles to be generated from the force of the pool’s return jet, which can leave a heavy foam-like appearance on the pool surface. Test your pool chemistry.

How did chlorine pool shock get its name?

In granular form, it has high chlorine content and high water solubility. It is the solubility of the product that gives it its name shock chlorine, or fast chlorine since its action is much faster than slow chlorine where dilution speed is lower.

Can you use chlorine shock on a green pool?

Non-chlorine shock will have some effect on small localized blooms, but for a green pool, add enough chlorine pool shock to reach 30 ppm (with a suitably low pH level and balanced alkalinity and calcium levels), and the algae will suddenly succumb.

Why is the chlorine not dissolving in my Pool?

chlorine problems. Dichlor, trichlor, cal hypo, bleach, granules, chlorine pucks and chlorine sticks. Wife went to shock the pool 2 weeks in a row and both times I have gotten up the next day and the chlorine is just sitting at the bottom of the pool. Scrubbing it gets it to dissolve.

Where are the stinking bubbles coming from in my Pool?

Two nights ago I shocked a 22,000 gallon pool with Clorox bleach. I went from a 3 to a 15 and now there are bubbles everywhere. There is a fountain but I have since turned that off. It does have a natural gas heater also. The pool is balanced. So where are the stinking bubbles coming from?