For the past few years I've tried the AA treatment to remove my brown stains around my pool. They are most prominent on 1) Steps 2) jet output areas on wall 3) shallow end and 4) where the wall meets the floor. The deep end floor has little staining.
The AA treatment always works in removing all of my stains and making the pool look new.
The challenge has been preventing the stains from coming back.
I've used Jack's Magenta Stuff and that helps, but eventually I am unable to maintain the low PH (7.2-7.4) and the stains come back. They also come back in almost the exact same spots. It's as if they never really left.
I've read about using polyfil- but haven't tried that. I did use the Curaltor thing in the filter basket but that didn't seem to help.
So this year, I want to try a water replacement as I've never done one in the past 11 years. Maybe that will help?
- My pool is about 15,000 gallons
- I am on city water in Dallas
- I have a variable speed pump
- I have an autofill that comes out of my skimmer basket
I've read not to completely drain my in ground pool (but not sure why)
So I assume a water exchange is how i 'replace' my water?
How do I do the exchange?
I was thinking
A) Follow AA steps of lowering FC and PH...
B) Add Polyquat 60
C) Turn off SWG
D) Turn Multiport valve to RECIRCULATE
E) Add AA
F) Wait 30 minutes, add more AA if necessary, wait...
G) Once stain is gone add JACKS MAGENTA
H) add polyfil to the skimmers (goal was to catch iron in the polyfil)
H) Turn multiport to FILTER
I) Run pump XXXX hours (not sure how long to do this, but the waiting would be to get the iron to sequester to the Jacks Magenta Stuff and to catch some of the sequestered iron in the DE Filter and polyfil)
J) Start water exchange
Note - I assume all of the above steps take under 24 hours as FC will be zero
WATER EXCHANGE
1) Set the drain to the just the 'main drain' (turn off the skimmers)
2) Set the variable speed pump to a low setting
3) Turn the multi-port valve to WASTE
4) Turn on the autofill to fill the pool
5) Watch the water level and adjust variable speed pump to ensure I am not draining water to fast
6) How long do I do this? How much water do I try to exchange
7) Once I am done with the water exchange, what next? I assume I will still have some AA and suspended iron in my pool, but hopefully a lot less. Do I need to add more Jack's? When can I raise FC to 3.0 - 5.0 and turn on SWG?
Any advice would be helpful
The AA treatment always works in removing all of my stains and making the pool look new.
The challenge has been preventing the stains from coming back.
I've used Jack's Magenta Stuff and that helps, but eventually I am unable to maintain the low PH (7.2-7.4) and the stains come back. They also come back in almost the exact same spots. It's as if they never really left.
I've read about using polyfil- but haven't tried that. I did use the Curaltor thing in the filter basket but that didn't seem to help.
So this year, I want to try a water replacement as I've never done one in the past 11 years. Maybe that will help?
- My pool is about 15,000 gallons
- I am on city water in Dallas
- I have a variable speed pump
- I have an autofill that comes out of my skimmer basket
I've read not to completely drain my in ground pool (but not sure why)
So I assume a water exchange is how i 'replace' my water?
How do I do the exchange?
I was thinking
A) Follow AA steps of lowering FC and PH...
B) Add Polyquat 60
C) Turn off SWG
D) Turn Multiport valve to RECIRCULATE
E) Add AA
F) Wait 30 minutes, add more AA if necessary, wait...
G) Once stain is gone add JACKS MAGENTA
H) add polyfil to the skimmers (goal was to catch iron in the polyfil)
H) Turn multiport to FILTER
I) Run pump XXXX hours (not sure how long to do this, but the waiting would be to get the iron to sequester to the Jacks Magenta Stuff and to catch some of the sequestered iron in the DE Filter and polyfil)
J) Start water exchange
Note - I assume all of the above steps take under 24 hours as FC will be zero
WATER EXCHANGE
1) Set the drain to the just the 'main drain' (turn off the skimmers)
2) Set the variable speed pump to a low setting
3) Turn the multi-port valve to WASTE
4) Turn on the autofill to fill the pool
5) Watch the water level and adjust variable speed pump to ensure I am not draining water to fast
6) How long do I do this? How much water do I try to exchange
7) Once I am done with the water exchange, what next? I assume I will still have some AA and suspended iron in my pool, but hopefully a lot less. Do I need to add more Jack's? When can I raise FC to 3.0 - 5.0 and turn on SWG?
Any advice would be helpful