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Patience, I have found, is one ingredient that is needed in most of these recipes for pool chemistry. I think lack of patience is one reason pool stores make money. They keep people bouncing off the wallls; dump all of this in and see what it does. Now dump all of this in to fix that and see...

That is exactly the nightmare I am trying to avoid. BTW a quick google search found patents for using magnets to remove iron oxides from industrial water. I wonder if magnets could over time pull the sequestered iron from the water Sequestering agent is fricking expensive

Okay, I went through stain removal twice before. The second time, Leslie's guided me to attempt it in July, it was a disaster and I ended up finding this forum. My pool has iron stains. They are worse in the winter, but as the water heats up many of them disappear. It is iron, we have done...

The reason I asked about the temp when doing FasDPD is that I am getting inconsistent results. I wash out the cylinder, add the crystals and swirl. Not all of it dissolves but it turns bright pink. I add a drop of reagent and swirl each time. On drop 20 it turns clear for a microsecond, on 21...

Thanks for the reply.

Yeah, I am going to have a good look at the bolts anyway. My brother in law is into sailing and they have issues with SS bolts anyways. I guess the follow up on my question is "Is there a place on the web that separates ladders especially for SWG pools. I found that on one of the major sites...

Mine has rust on the plastic steps, most likely from the bolts on the steps. I have metal issues and this is my suspect. Can someone recommend a good ladder for inground SWCG pools? I found on especially for SW through google and can't seem to re-find it.

Ok, so it is less cloudy but the FC held overnight at 11, and at that reading pH was 7.8. I did three test for CC and got 0,.5, 1.0, so I am not sure where I am there, each time the FC was the same. The algae appears to be collecting as brown dust on the pool bottom. It is in blotches or in...

Well the FC is 11.5, CC shows 0. I did a quick ph anyway, it was about 8.something, the color of the top block. I am just going to keep it at shock level now. Any bright green goop is gone, the water is now low vis/cloudy, so I am guessing the shock is working. I don't think this algae...

@Dave Last year is the first year that I didn't run it 24/7. For the first three years it was sparkle city and low mtx. I ran it about 8 hrs a day when I was cutting down last year, but I was dealing with metal issues, so I had to run it more sometimes. I backwash once a month, it never gets...

I adjusted the sig....sorry it has been that way since I joined and was apt to my pool problems/postings at the time. @frustrated pool mom The initial FC and ph readings were before the shock. I shocked to 11, after 1/2 hour it was FC6 CC2, I added back to FC11 before I read your post. I did...

I pulled the cover off the other day and my pool was green with stringy green algae everywhere. I don't close the pool. I just adjust the SWG down and let it go. Somehow, probably my goof, my SWG got turned off. Long story short, my pool wasn't clean and clear when I took the cover off. So I...

My chemistry as of yesterday, tested at the pool store: FC 0.5 TC 1 pH 7.6 TA 100 Calcium 170 CYA 40 Phospahtes 300?? Salt 2300, she used an electronic thing (my SWG showed 2700) I ran the pump all night last night with the SWG on superchlorinate. DPD tablet test showed 2-3 on chlorine, pH...

You answered my stain question on the 4th of July. They look like tea stains when on the walls. In the water, after treatment for stains then raising the chlorine too fast, the color is yellow which looks green in my pool. Yes I think my ph spiked once or twice the first two years. I used...

Man I love this site.. I have had a saltwater pool for 3 years now and never looked anything up online, because it seemed perfect all the time. My PB told me that all I had to do was keep the salt at this level and he chlorine at this level and I'll never spend another dollar. It worked for a...

Re: stain removal Okay, which Jack's magic..the pink stuff? the SWG stuff? The magenta stuff? My guess was the pink stuff is the replacement for Metal Free. I found all of them at poolcenter.com through Google. Someone might tell me a better place to order. Doug

Thanks for moving this Jason. Update: Well, the panic is over for now. The pool is no longer green and the chlorine is normal(it was only zero Saturday morning even though it was shocked). I haven't added anything but the filter media booster (fiber clear?). It seemed to backwash out very...

Re: stain removal Waterbear. and I am sorry I miss-read your answer in my haste. I didn't read the part about metal and copper correctly. It is obviously iron.

Re: stain removal Waterbear, BTW I read your posts about the time of year and algae on the old poolboard? archives, I found through google, two days into the treatment. I was like SOB that makes sense. Funny that you were the first to reply to me here. That was you right like a 2006 or...

Re: stain removal Okay, I agree on how I got here. How do I fix this now. Just time and filtering? I am willing to deal with re-staining and treat again in the fall. By the way if the vitaminc C wasn't the right thing for the right metal why did it works so fast, the terrible...

I have a green pool, on the 4th of July! This is my second time in two years doing the stain removal. 36,000 gallon SWG inground vinyl pool. Last Saturday I turned off the chlorine generator The pool store said the chlorine was at zero Monday so I added the Stain Free. Presto everything...