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I had the same thing happen last year to my vinyl pool at startup. After adding chlorine it turned cloudy green - see pic. I thought it was iron so I did like you and ordered a bottle of metal treatment. By the time it arrived in a couple days the cloudiness and green tint had completely...

I use a TF-100 test kit. I'm getting different Cl test results from the chlorine drop test and the included K-1000 vial test. I use the K-1000 color test daily and have performed the drop test twice now - the drop test results have shown FC far higher than the K-1000 readings. 2 days ago my...

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Finally back up and running. I got my TF-100 so I can at least proceed with confidence in my levels. I bowed to pressure installing the Intex. Trying for a quick install I chose to shim the low side up to ~ 8" with plywood stacks rather than leveling the ground - stupid lazy mistake. 15...

My water goes from my well tank thru the iron filter then through the softener before going to all my interior plumbing fixtures as well as the hose bibb I used to fill the pool. Yeah, I agree that I expected the combination of iron filter and softener would eliminate all iron - guess that was...

Thanks guys. With your help :bowdown:iron seems to make sense. And of course TFP has threads on that too :). I'll keep reading and learning and post back with TF-100 results!

After seeing it is brown and not green iron was my first thought as well. Yes, we have well water with really high iron levels. I had an iron filter put in last fall that seems to work really well. I also pay a premium to use Morton Rust Remover salt in our softener. Our water conditioner...

Looks like the water has actually turned brown, not green - I can see it in the clear hoses. It looks green against the blue liner. I don't think algae would form that quickly - it turned color immediately after adding my first dose of bleach. That was less than 24 hours from the time I...

Thanks BoDarville. Kids are all over me anxious to swim. I would have let them in with no chems added, but my green brown cloud incident makes me think I should keep them out until I get things under control.

Hi all, Set up an Intex pool this weekend and have some strange results. I've read and re-read the Getting Started sections, ABC's, Pool Chemistry, Recommended chemicals, etc. Let me start off by saying I'm using an HDX 5-way test kit. It's all I have at the moment while I wait for my TF-100...

Hi all. Just want to send out a thanks to all who make this site the best resource I've seen for pool issues. Looks like this is a very active & helpful community. Although I spent several years building gunite pools I'm a noob when it comes to pool chemistry. For my 2nd post I'll be heading...