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I got cloudy bad, i have cartridge filter intex, i used clarifier but not work, then i used floc, it work next morning, i used vacuum hose take all cloudy bottom out to garden, it take around 20’, it is super clear now, very happy. Weekly test, maintain balanced chemicals in range, run pump 8hrs daily by timer 4hr morning, 4hr evening, water good crystal for months summer despite of much rains sometime. Thanks for your video.
This clarifed the difference between clarifier and floc. It was flocking good. I wonder if I can take those microscopic particles out of my pool by using only the sand filter and vacuum? I mean without these two chemicals. Thanks for the info 🤌🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you for mentioning we can’t use this with a cartridge filter. I bought it for nothing. I was recommended this for water that tested way too hard.
If you pool has a waste setting use the floc .follow the directions on it.I just used what's called green 2 blue hth got it at wal mart.my pool was bad I couldn't see the bottom .now its clear .it all settles on the bottom and I vac it out .you have to have a waist setting on the filter to vac it out after it does its job
@@rogermowery3048 I do clean and change the filters. They aren't doing returns because of covid. They also sold me clarifier (which I had i just didnt remember) and that's not working.
WHATEVER you do, DON'T circulate the FLOC through your cartridge filter OR it'll kill it. I also have a cartridge filter and I'm a Big fan of FLOC, BUT I also have a standalone deck pump that I use to vacuum the pool to waste after I FLOC it. The answer Is probably "NO," but do you Have a vac to waste setting?! If NOT, you might want to think about have one plumbed-in for a decent price, as they definitely come in handy if the pool gets cloudy or If you ever Have an algae issue. Lastly, I think that on some cartridges, you can remove the top of the FILTER canister, then remove the filter element ,thread in a piece of plastic pipe and then essentially vac to waste; but, obviously, I'm not sure if your filter canister will allow for this - JUST an idea.
@@charlies.5777 you have to buy the piece that the vacuum hose goes to that slides onto the top of cartridge pump canister. I bought mine from the pool company that makes the pool I bought. You slide it onto the top and then hook the vacuum hose up to it and cut the pump on with the vacuum down in the pool and it’s what sucks up the debris on the bottom but make sure the hose on the outside of the pool that goes to the intake is pulled off so it shoots the debris out into the yard and not back into the pool.
Can you make a video specific to weekly maintenance on salt generator pools? Is the weekly Bioguard Mineral Springs “Renewal” product good or necessary?
I have a cartridge filter.. My pool was green. I shocked it, then it became cloudy. Ran my pump 24/7 and it didn't clear up. I put clarifier in, it still didn't clear. I took my filter out and added floc. Let the pool run for 2 hours then turned off pump. Next day pool clear. I did have to vacuum. But the floc worked for me
This is my exact situation. Did you have a multiport valve for vacuum waste? I don't have that option so wondering how you vacuumed.. Edit: for anyone who is interested, I tried first vacuuming and outputting the waste onto my driveway but i lost so much water doing this and the vacuuming was SO inefficient. I ended up taking an old user cartridge filter and just running the pool filter for 24 hours and then dumping the entire cartridge filter out and replacing with a new one. Worked like a charm though and my pool water has been clear for weeks with minimal maintenance
Ha. Wish I had this video 2 weeks ago. Needed to use clarifier, I used floc. 2 weeks of blood, sweat and tears and a new pump, but my pool is finally clear
Hey I was new to pool scene and used floculant in my pool and running it though my filter what would be ideal to fix or did I damage something that isn’t fixable ? Thank you
I only have flocculant and right now I am using the OEM summer waves cartridge filter/pump because my sand filter broke. Is there any harm in "bypassing" the filter by removing it and redirecting the pump hoses to drain?
Great information but you may want to turn down the background music some in the future so it doesnt overpower the narration making it difficut to listen to.
@SwimUniversity O ok I thought that was the point of the sand filter lol my bad My pool is not green , it is just a very slightly Cloudy It has been up about a month and a half But the first few days I didn't have the cover on Because I did not have one So all the pollen from the plants Ended up in the pool
Hi what about the sulfate copper I saw a guy putting it in the pantyhose and just put it in the skimmer and he’s claiming that it’s good to clarify the pool very well
First time I ever used floc I woke up the next morning and my cloudy pool was crystal clear with a layer of floc that I easily vac’d off the bottom. Next 2 times I tried it it didn’t work and I had to blind vacuum and change my sand. Don’t recommend floc unless your chemicals are on point
Great info thank you! After floc’n I vacuumed 4 times over 3 days and there are still small floating particles visible. If I filter and regularly check the pressure and backwash will this be ok.
Hi, I have a 42× 14 best pool. Along with the stock filter & pump. I haven't upgraded yet. & I have no vacuum, I use the net& a smaller net. Can I use floc with this??
Our pool is green and cloudy and nothing is fixing it. We’ve done the floc and shocked the crap out of it and it’s still gross. About ready to be done with it
Use calcium hypochlorite, like 4 pounds to be safe. You can get it at a pinch a penny. Sprinkle it into the pool and let the pool run for 24hrs. Wash your filter before you do this and after, make sure to brush all the algae off of the walls amd floor before you sprinkle the shock, “Calcium hypochlorite”
My suggestion would be to ensure that your chemical levels are where they should be as it's *really* easy to make an assumption about chemical levels, and for that to come back and bite you. For example, last year, I had drained water prior to closing the pool, and when I opened it up, I figured my stabilizer was a little bit lower, but still serviceable. Similar to you, I was a bit shocked that adding a few jugs of liquid chlorine didn't really do anything. Well, it turns out that my stabilizer was pretty much non-existent, which meant the sun just destroyed all of the chlorine in a few hours. This year, I had liquid stabilizer ready to add at the start so I'd be in a much better place.
Great video! Personally, I don’t mind the work! Our sand filter system was EXPENSIVE! So the Pool Floc sounds better to me! Backwashing is a LOT of water loss! I bought a cordless pool vac from Lowe’s-I love it! $144 and worth every penny!-I did add the foot portion from a pair of pantyhose to the screen filter to capture the teeny tiny stuff!)
I added clarifier to my pool now my filter cartridge it seems to plug up and the water won't pass through the filters. I'm not sure if this is from the clarifier or if I got a batch of bad filters?
You used floc, then next morning use the vacuum hose to take out all bottom cloudy out to garden, it take 20’, work so quickly, should not turn pump in while you take bad bottom out.
I have an above ground pool and recently had a blue canopy next to the pool and the wind blew it into the pool so it was in there overnight. Now my water is green and liquid chlorine is not clearing it. I use a sand filter. Should I use floc for this or could it be dye from the canopy and may need to be just emptied and refilled?
please help. took the pool down for an event. cleaned liner with vinegar and water mix (saw on internet) filled it up and now it is yellow. do i need to drain and refill. shocked it and it is still green. HELPPPPPPP
Thanks, my pool is in a great condition, but I’ll buy that clarifier just for the final sparkly effect. Your video was clear, I was thinking “I wonder when I should use the floc i bought” , at the moment, not at all, taking the lesson from your video.
So my pool is clear but has very fine silt on the floor that the filter just can't get. Any suggestions? I've tried vacuuming it up but just comes back when water settles
User ‘super blue which binds the particles and helps it get trapped in your filter. You will have to clean your filter after the PSI goes up. I had the same issue. First I ended up buying a pool Vac (pool blaster). Then the super blue saved me. Vacuuming to water was wasting too much water.
We hope this cleared up the difference between pool flocculant and pool clarifier! If you'd like to learn more about pool cleaning and pool maintenance, subscribe and leave a comment to suggest a future pool care video. And visit www.SwimUniversity.com/pool to get the Pool Care Handbook and Video Course (Use The Promo Code VIDEO for 10% Off!)
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I got cloudy bad, i have cartridge filter intex, i used clarifier but not work, then i used floc, it work next morning, i used vacuum hose take all cloudy bottom out to garden, it take around 20’, it is super clear now, very happy. Weekly test, maintain balanced chemicals in range, run pump 8hrs daily by timer 4hr morning, 4hr evening, water good crystal for months summer despite of much rains sometime. Thanks for your video.
This clarifed the difference between clarifier and floc. It was flocking good. I wonder if I can take those microscopic particles out of my pool by using only the sand filter and vacuum? I mean without these two chemicals. Thanks for the info 🤌🏼👏🏼👏🏼
you wil need a micron(5)or better) filter cartridge inbetween your sand filter and pool.
Thank you for mentioning we can’t use this with a cartridge filter. I bought it for nothing. I was recommended this for water that tested way too hard.
Pool store sold me floc. I have a cartridge filter. Glad I saw your video before I used it. Now I have no idea what to do though.
If you pool has a waste setting use the floc .follow the directions on it.I just used what's called green 2 blue hth got it at wal mart.my pool was bad I couldn't see the bottom .now its clear .it all settles on the bottom and I vac it out .you have to have a waist setting on the filter to vac it out after it does its job
Take the floc back and get clarifier. Don't forget to clean filter after.
@@rogermowery3048 I do clean and change the filters. They aren't doing returns because of covid. They also sold me clarifier (which I had i just didnt remember) and that's not working.
WHATEVER you do, DON'T circulate the FLOC through your cartridge filter OR it'll kill it. I also have a cartridge filter and I'm a Big fan of FLOC, BUT I also have a standalone deck pump that I use to vacuum the pool to waste after I FLOC it. The answer Is probably "NO," but do you Have a vac to waste setting?! If NOT, you might want to think about have one plumbed-in for a decent price, as they definitely come in handy if the pool gets cloudy or If you ever Have an algae issue. Lastly, I think that on some cartridges, you can remove the top of the FILTER canister, then remove the filter element ,thread in a piece of plastic pipe and then essentially vac to waste; but, obviously, I'm not sure if your filter canister will allow for this - JUST an idea.
@@charlies.5777 you have to buy the piece that the vacuum hose goes to that slides onto the top of cartridge pump canister. I bought mine from the pool company that makes the pool I bought. You slide it onto the top and then hook the vacuum hose up to it and cut the pump on with the vacuum down in the pool and it’s what sucks up the debris on the bottom but make sure the hose on the outside of the pool that goes to the intake is pulled off so it shoots the debris out into the yard and not back into the pool.
Can you make a video specific to weekly maintenance on salt generator pools?
Is the weekly Bioguard Mineral Springs “Renewal” product good or necessary?
Couldn't you take the cartridge filter out? I don't have a cartridge filter on my current pump I am just curious
I have a cartridge filter.. My pool was green. I shocked it, then it became cloudy. Ran my pump 24/7 and it didn't clear up. I put clarifier in, it still didn't clear. I took my filter out and added floc. Let the pool run for 2 hours then turned off pump. Next day pool clear. I did have to vacuum. But the floc worked for me
This is my exact situation. Did you have a multiport valve for vacuum waste? I don't have that option so wondering how you vacuumed..
Edit: for anyone who is interested, I tried first vacuuming and outputting the waste onto my driveway but i lost so much water doing this and the vacuuming was SO inefficient. I ended up taking an old user cartridge filter and just running the pool filter for 24 hours and then dumping the entire cartridge filter out and replacing with a new one. Worked like a charm though and my pool water has been clear for weeks with minimal maintenance
Will flocc be good to remove iron from water? Then vacuum off the bottom?
use metal out.
I don't have a manual vacuum cleaner. Will my dolphin robot vacuum work instead?
Curious of the same. Did you find an answer somewhere else or give it a try?
@@jeffborkowski no I actually ended up doing the bucket method.
@@libbysnuggs8547 what's the bucket method?
Can I use clarifier with a sand filter?
good information thank you
Thanks. Alk of a sudden my 45 year old concrete pool got cloudy. I cant get it out and back clean and shiny. Thanks
Do you have the filter pump on while the flocculant is working over night?
Oh great I didn't vaccum to waste. They didnt tell me that detail at my pool store. What do I do now?
@Eyezayah I think the flocc will cause the sand to bind, making sand replacement necessary.
@Eyezayah oh then it should congeal on the filter grid and require frequent heavy cleaning while the floc is present.
Please do not vacuum floc through filter! The chemistry of it makes it not friendly for your filter media AT ALL.
Ha. Wish I had this video 2 weeks ago. Needed to use clarifier, I used floc. 2 weeks of blood, sweat and tears and a new pump, but my pool is finally clear
What if we have a very cloudy pool but also have a cartridge filter? Do we just keep on adding clarifier?
No you should shock it.
Hey I was new to pool scene and used floculant in my pool and running it though my filter what would be ideal to fix or did I damage something that isn’t fixable ? Thank you
Just backwash your filter really well or take it apart and completely rinse off the screens.
What about fire ash? Will the floc work?
I only have flocculant and right now I am using the OEM summer waves cartridge filter/pump because my sand filter broke. Is there any harm in "bypassing" the filter by removing it and redirecting the pump hoses to drain?
Thats exactly what im going to do
What about the tiny floating floc particles you'll still see 6 months later? Never ever ever ever use floc ever ever. Ever
I used floc yesterday it’s been about 16 hrs & my pool is still black it doesn’t look like it’s even working I’m stumped????
Great information but you may want to turn down the background music some in the future so it doesnt overpower the narration making it difficut to listen to.
I have a cartridge filter, the pipe from the pump housing to the filter has a union, could I just remove that and build a hose to run to waste?
Vaccuum slooooooooowly with flocc
Is it safe to use both clarifier and floc?
Can I use the Clarifier with my Glass filter? (Same as sand, just glass media)
wanna know what sand is? it's mostly glass
I used floc in above ground pool but plan to siphon vacuum to waste. 😅
Why can't you go through sandfilter with floc Will it not work
I really don't want to get rid of the warm water and introduce fresh cold when it cost so much to heat its only 18x9x4ft above ground pool
It will get stuck in the sand
@SwimUniversity O ok I thought that was the point of the sand filter lol my bad My pool is not green , it is just a very slightly Cloudy It has been up about a month and a half But the first few days I didn't have the cover on Because I did not have one So all the pollen from the plants Ended up in the pool
My husband has put pool clarifier directly into pool without mixing it. Does it matter?
Hi what about the sulfate copper I saw a guy putting it in the pantyhose and just put it in the skimmer and he’s claiming that it’s good to clarify the pool very well
I wouldn't recommend to put anything in your pool which has a copper inside.
Copper is toxic even in low concentrations. It is used, however, in some algaecides.
First time I ever used floc I woke up the next morning and my cloudy pool was crystal clear with a layer of floc that I easily vac’d off the bottom. Next 2 times I tried it it didn’t work and I had to blind vacuum and change my sand. Don’t recommend floc unless your chemicals are on point
Yes, great reminder to balance your water before using floc
Great info thank you! After floc’n I vacuumed 4 times over 3 days and there are still small floating particles visible. If I filter and regularly check the pressure and backwash will this be ok.
How do I get algae from the bottom of my pool forever.😃
Can I use ph and Flucculant at the same time
Hi, I have a 42× 14 best pool. Along with the stock filter & pump. I haven't upgraded yet. & I have no vacuum, I use the net& a smaller net. Can I use floc with this??
You will need to be able to vacuum by by-passing the filter. It will not work with a cartridge filter.
Floc plus pool robot good idea?
Wondering why he said manual vacum, why can't we use a automatic vacum?
This guy is the Truth!
Our pool is green and cloudy and nothing is fixing it. We’ve done the floc and shocked the crap out of it and it’s still gross. About ready to be done with it
Use calcium hypochlorite, like 4 pounds to be safe. You can get it at a pinch a penny. Sprinkle it into the pool and let the pool run for 24hrs. Wash your filter before you do this and after, make sure to brush all the algae off of the walls amd floor before you sprinkle the shock, “Calcium hypochlorite”
My suggestion would be to ensure that your chemical levels are where they should be as it's *really* easy to make an assumption about chemical levels, and for that to come back and bite you. For example, last year, I had drained water prior to closing the pool, and when I opened it up, I figured my stabilizer was a little bit lower, but still serviceable. Similar to you, I was a bit shocked that adding a few jugs of liquid chlorine didn't really do anything. Well, it turns out that my stabilizer was pretty much non-existent, which meant the sun just destroyed all of the chlorine in a few hours.
This year, I had liquid stabilizer ready to add at the start so I'd be in a much better place.
Great video! Personally, I don’t mind the work! Our sand filter system was EXPENSIVE! So the Pool Floc sounds better to me! Backwashing is a LOT of water loss! I bought a cordless pool vac from Lowe’s-I love it! $144 and worth every penny!-I did add the foot portion from a pair of pantyhose to the screen filter to capture the teeny tiny stuff!)
Pantyhose are such a good hack!
@@SwimUniversity Yes!😄
Which vacuum did you buy I’m looking into getting one thanks in advance
@@twomilfs1cup AquaEz Underwater Rechargeable Vacuum. Lowes and Home Depot carry them.
Which one it's best after Dust Storm???
I have a sand filter so I used Floc.
I added clarifier to my pool now my filter cartridge it seems to plug up and the water won't pass through the filters. I'm not sure if this is from the clarifier or if I got a batch of bad filters?
Remove the filter and see if the pump moves water. If no water passes with or without the filter then suspect a jammed pump or a clogged pickup hose
how do you use floc in an above ground pool ? it’s a summer waves elite with the cartridge filter it comes with .
You used floc, then next morning use the vacuum hose to take out all bottom cloudy out to garden, it take 20’, work so quickly, should not turn pump in while you take bad bottom out.
@@boleromientay3769 do you have the filter pump on while the flocculant is working over night?
@@Mike_jones32 , after put on, i run only 2 hours to it mixing then stop let it overnight sitting.
What about a automatic pool cleaner
Gangsta video on FløCC 😂
thanks for the game. 👍
I have an above ground pool and recently had a blue canopy next to the pool and the wind blew it into the pool so it was in there overnight. Now my water is green and liquid chlorine is not clearing it. I use a sand filter. Should I use floc for this or could it be dye from the canopy and may need to be just emptied and refilled?
please help. took the pool down for an event. cleaned liner with vinegar and water mix (saw on internet) filled it up and now it is yellow. do i need to drain and refill. shocked it and it is still green. HELPPPPPPP
Thanks, my pool is in a great condition, but I’ll buy that clarifier just for the final sparkly effect.
Your video was clear, I was thinking “I wonder when I should use the floc i bought” , at the moment, not at all, taking the lesson from your video.
🏆Thanks, for the cartridge filter info. Happy swimming back at you 🤽🏊
So my pool is clear but has very fine silt on the floor that the filter just can't get. Any suggestions? I've tried vacuuming it up but just comes back when water settles
User ‘super blue which binds the particles and helps it get trapped in your filter. You will have to clean your filter after the PSI goes up. I had the same issue. First I ended up buying a pool
Vac (pool blaster). Then the super blue saved me. Vacuuming to water was wasting too much water.