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Re: Ascorbic Treatment to rid Pool of metal stains Thank you. I tried a bottle of sequestrant over the weekend with my ph low but no good results (the namco stuff). It actually continued to get worse, especially once I lost my pump. Luckily I bought extra aa when I got it so I'll give that...

Quick question on Ascorbic Acid Treatment. I did this about 1 1/2 weeks ago and it worked great. I slowly brought the Chlorine back up, everything great. Then it got hot and humid and the water got cloudy. I then raised the chlorine to fight the cloudiness (about 1 week into the process with...

I did consider a motor replacement but my biggest problem is time and I can get a whole pump for about the price it would cost to have someone swap the motor. I would swap it myself but with my luck I'd find out at about 9:00 tonight that I need some other part to go with it and no place would...

I did the bucket test and was losing 1/8 - 3/16 per day more in the pool than in the bucket. That was with both the skimmer and return plugged which isolated the pump/filter system. I spent over an hour in the pool yesterday with a snorkel and food coloring in a syringe testing around the...

Thanks for the quick reply. I'll do the bucket test and post my findings.

Hi, I have an above ground pool that has a small leak in the liner (about 1/4 inch per day or so). I know this 'could' be evaporation but it continued to leak last year after I closed and covered the pool down about 1 foot below my return then stopped. So, I know the level of the leak (I...

Yes, Charlie... it certainly is a beautiful sight. I wish I had made a video of the transformation. It happened fast enough that I could have. I think I was too much in awe of the growing blob of clear water going around in the pool.

I LOVE Ascorbic Acid. Here is my final result. The 1 1/2 bottles of bleach and a week of filtering got me from the mud in the first photo to the clear green in the second photo. That little $7.50 packet of Ascorbic acid in front of the bleach got me to this final photo in approximately 5...

Thanks Charlie.

Thanks Charlie. I was actually referring to Polyquat in preparation for ascorbic acid treatment but I wasn't clear in my post;) I was getting ready to do that a week ago when I added the Polyquat and my pool quickly became the cloudy mess in the first picture. From Jason, this was more likely...

FC was stable overnight last night. There is less than .5 CC and the water is clear as in not cloudy. The color looks like it is a reflection of te stain below the winter water line. Is continued shocking really going to make it better? Or should I drop chorine and go for stain removal now...

FC is still 15.5 tonight after a sunny day with the chlorine generator off (CC 0.5 or less). I removed the Trichlor from the feeder to get a good feel on the drop between tonight and tomorrow. About 1lb of Trichlor has been added to the pool since I started the shocking. I attached an updated...

One more piece of info that I left out this morning with my readings and shock results. I added about 3.5 quarts of metal control a few weeks ago but have not added any since.

FCC held overnight. It actually went up 1ppm although my automatic feeder was off. It must get a little water through it. CC is .5 or less. I tested in increments of .5 and the water barely turned pink for the CC test. 1 drop brought it right back to super clear. Backwash water this morning...

I'll gladly take a few more pics and add them. I'm hoping my pile of bottles isn't that big but if it is, it is. Ill be buying a few more on the way home tonight just in case. One more comment on the test kit that I learned from using it just once... Trying to troubleshoot your pool water...

Yes, being able to easily and accurately test water rocks. I've been missing out for years ;). Thanks for the advice. The good news is the weekend is here so the 2 day process won't be bad. The bad news is we are supposed to get a couple inches of rain between now and tomorrow at noon. I...

I got the testkit and did my tests this morning. Here are the results: FC: 2.5 CC: 0.5 (I was testing in .5 increments not .2) pH: 7.2 TA: 100 CH: 40 CYA: 30 As of yesterday, after filtering/backwashing/filtering/backwashing... for the last few days, I can see the bottom of my pool though the...

Thanks for the quick reply. It has looked like this for about 36 hours. I'll keep filtering, backwashing, and provide the test results when the kit shows up. Thanks again.

I've had my pool since 2008 with no problems until this year. My pool had a pinhole leak so the cover fell in last winter as the water dropped. When I opened it this spring, I cleaned it out, filled it the rest of the way (with well water), added metal control, filtered and shocked it. The...