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No, we live in the middle of town. The pool store tests and my metal tester strips both indicated no iron in the source water. My skimmer basket had started to rust and my skimmer box has some small spots, so that might be where it came from. I ended up replacing the basket and spraying...

Actually, yes. I've been meaning to get back on here to share my experience, but I kept forgetting to. Basically, the steps below are what I did to get the iron out of my pool. Items needed: Revive (32 oz.) Citric acid or ascorbic acid 12.5% Chlorine 1. Let the chlorine drop to zero, or very...

That makes sense. Should I add ascorbic acid then raise the pH and chlorine levels again, to get that stage where the iron precipitates, but isn't stained onto the walls yet? I added the Revive stuff (pictured above) last night, and it did its thing again, but the waste at the bottom of the...

I've added the polyfill to the skimmer, but I was thinking. If the water is reading that there's no iron in the water, will it actually be able to filter it out? Does that mean it's just stuck onto the walls of the pool?

Great! I'll give it a shot, then report back. Thanks for the advice!

I will grab some polyfill tomorrow. Can I just stick that in my skimmer, or will I need to put it in the filter basket?

Here's what they have me adding to it. Last time, it did remove a lot of staining, and it clumped it together at the bottom. I'm not really sure about it though, because I haven't seen it recommended anywhere on here.

Thanks for responding. I've actually used Jacks Magic both times, as per the guide on here. I actually used the Taylor k2006 to test my water, which gave very close to the pool store's results. The fact that iron is reading zero is very confusing to me. Ascorbic acid makes it disappear...

Hello, everyone. I've been lurking around the forums for some time now, and while I've gathered a lot of good information, I'm still struggling with my pool this year (2nd year of owning it). I'm cursed with the iron staining problem, and I feel like the pool store is just milking my wallet. My...