JasonLion said:
You should post a full set of water test results and describe the water in more detail, is it translucent brown, clear brown, cloudy brow, murky brown, etc? Also, how has your filter pressure been behaving?
Here are the test results. The first set is before we added any chemicals, the second is after the chemicals and after the water turned brown:
Temp 78,76
Sat Index .2,.4
TDS 500,400
CYA 0,42
Tot. Chlorine 0,0
Free Chlorine 0,0
pH 7.3,7.6
Total Alkalinity 168,173
Adj Tot Alk 168,160
Tot. Hardness 327,293
Copper 0,Not Tested
Iron 0,Not Tested
Everything Else: No, or None
I should mention that we have a potassium permanganate system for our water to get rid of the iron. I haven't added more in a while, so I'm not sure if any iron made it out to the pool or not. The first test showed 0, and they didn't test for it the second time, so it seems clean, but something's gotta be making the pool look brown. It's a clear brown by the way. As far as the filter pressure.. I haven't noticed much of a change. It's just the cheap Krystal Klear pump and filter that came with the pool, so there's no gauge or anything, but we have been cleaning the filter out at least once a day. And is has been pretty dirty each time(orange, reddish in color).
JasonLion said:
By the by, the pool store has been selling you some chemicals that might be useful and some that have no chance of helping. You might want to reconsider listening to their advice.
I figured they were selling us things we didn't need. But I really have no idea what I do need, so I just went with it.
BoDarville said:
What kind of algaecide did you use (looking for the active ingredient, not brand name)? if it is copper-based, this will add more metal to the water and exacerbate your problem.
The algicide is copper based, but was added after the water had already turned brown.
BoDarville said:
There is not a chemical product that I am aware of that will remove metals from the water.
The product we used was called "METAL free", which is supposed to "...prevent staining and discoloration from trace metals such as iron and copper." It was the first thing we added (half a bottle), and then we were told to add the rest of the bottle after we called and told them that the water had turned brown.
BoDarville said:
Where did you hear this from? Reason I ask is that there is a forum board dedicated to
Bacquacil - Use and Conversion where many members are either actively converting from Bacquacil to BBB or have expressed interest in doing so. I would return your order upon receipt.
The first thing that came up after I googled "brown water in pool after shocking" was this forum thread:
http://www.poolspaforum.com/forum/index ... wtopic=151 about halfway down, a user named Guest_James_* posts a message. It sounded exactly like what I had experienced (brown water right after adding chlorine), so I looked into it. I found it on Amazon-
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004WF ... UTF8&psc=1 , and the 1 review also sounded exactly like my problem (well water, turned brown after shocking) and it seemed to work well for him.