copper

This one is tricky- residential spa....made of copper. Cant use chlorine, so its set up with an ozone generator and peroxide. Owner and service techs would like this set up on automation. They are set up with a pentair Intellichem unit, which isnt dosing well- from what ive found, peroxide...

Help! Last weekend I must have “overshocked” with Clorox ExtraBlue2. I went to flush my filter this morning and the cartridge had a blue hue to it. I went to the local pool store and my test is way off. The copper is 3.5 ppm and should be 0-0.2ppm. pH is way off at 6.5, 0 alkalinity, low...

I honestly don’t know what to say other than I’m at my wits end. I’ve maintained a followed trouble free pool and the advice and knowledge for over 6 years with a 24’ above ground pool with zero issues. The last 30 days or so have been heck. I am unable to get the green out of the pool using...

I had my pool installed last year, so since it was new I used the pool builder company to winterize and re-open the pool. They admitted that they added an algaecide. My test kit (LaMotte 3619) has measured 0.2 of copper. I read somewhere that even smaller amounts of copper can tint blonde hair...

I'll try to keep it short. I have some large areas of staining that I suspected were from copper. My suspicions are driven by the kids hair constantly turning green, as well as a spot test of a vitamin-c tablet having black color reaction with the stains before eventually disappearing. I...

I’m so glad I found this site on Reddit, I’m hoping you experts will be able to help. I recently purchased a vinyl sided Intex brand pool secondhand. It uses the basic Intex filter with A/C cartridges. Approximately 3500 gallons. We really thought we were just going to fill this puppy up and...

Over a period of two weeks I’ve followed directions for lowering my PH and adding a sequestrant for iron and copper, waiting 24+ hours and then slowly raising PH up and adding chlorine. I’ve done this twice and every time I add the chlorine my pool gets dark again. What am I doing wrong...

Hi, When I got the pool redone many years ago, I was told by the contractor that going to SWG (salt) approach was not an option for me because my main drain pipe is a large copper pipe and the salt would destroy it over time. I have recently moved to using liquid chlorine which has the side...

We recently bought a house with an in-ground vinyl pool. Been working on getting the levels right for a few weeks, but this afternoon after adding about 8 lbs. of borax (pH is currently < 7), I noticed some cloudiness in the water. After doing some research here on the sand filter and seeing...

Hey guys, This is only my second year with a pool. I came back from vacation a couple of weeks ago and my pool was green, cloudy, with floating algae. I was using the PermaSalt system (have now ditched). Went to the pool store (lesson learned), and they sold me some black algaecide (which I...

This forum has been a great place for me as I have learned a lot and saved a lot of money! On that note I want to share a recent success story. This year I had to replace my inground pool liner. I live on a lake and I have previously filled my pool with lake water. In years previous I have...

First, a thank you.....I have been a pool fool for years, blindly doing whatever the local pool store told us to do. I discovered your site last Fall and am a total convert! Just finished our first ever SLAM with $50 worth of liquid chlorine as compared to the $2-300 we usually spent on...

I was out of town last week, during which my chlorine levels dropped to zero (poor planning on my part) and we also had torrential rain. When I returned home to Hartwell, GA, I was greeted by a pool that looked more like a pond - specifically it had green / yellow algae all over, along with...

Recently bought a house and it came with a pool. It wasnt kept up for a month or two, and it started to go green. So I shocked it and put in algaecide (maybe did this twice, and used 6-1 chlorinating tabs in between), and it seemed like the last time I did it the next day or two a really bad...

Oh no. I just got back from a business trip and made the mistake of adding copper ethylenadimine complex to my plaster pool. What can I do to mitigate the damage? After I got home, I found my algae had not disappeared despite raising FC/TC to 5 and Ph to 7.5. I shocked the pool w 1.5 lbs of...

Hi all, Using the Jack's Magic stain ID kit, I identified that their "O2 & Stain #2 Treatment" will (hopefully) remove staining I have in my pool. I started the treatment yesterday. It was a very large amount of chemicals to add to the water (you can view the chemicals involved here). I want...