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Yes I saw the rod turning green. The basket under the rod seems to catch any by product and after cleaning the rod I put that back to the pool. I saw no stain on the pool surface. Maybe over time (how long) the copper in water accumulated and turning water green? If so I'm going with any...

After a month of scrubbing and cleaning the filter, the spots went away. I have to travel for weeks so I am looking at way to keep the pool clean without much work. So I used copper ionizer and slow release chlorine tabs. It seems to work so far.

I added 1/4 gallon of MA Muriatic acid yesterday (my pump still runs 24/hrs. This morning the pH is still high at 8.9. I wonder as it cures, it releases (-) ions OH- making the pH higher. The spots and patches are still there even when scrubbed. I will check with the contractor on this.

I brought my water to the pool store for testing. My guess is that they over-simplified it. I do have an acid meter so I can check that but I will have to get my own test kit to check for % chlorine and other things in city water for correct application. Thank you so much for the info. as I am...

Thank you ajw22 for the advices. I will try to work it out with my wife, as we were planning a 2 weeks going away, so WE can take care of this investment. Questions: 1. I came out this morning to brush the pool this morning. I found metal bristle brush moving more dust than the plastic one. Is...

Hi, I just had my pool re-surfaced yesterday and filled with fresh new water here in South Florida. Today I put in a sequester agent 32 oz for a 10,000 gallon pool. and I brushed with the metal brush. I saw lot of dust. I will put in 1/2 gallon of acid tomorrow. followed by 1 gallon of chlorine...