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I just added a couple inches of water to my 18’ round AG pool from our well. The whole pool was filled with well water originally and of course we shocked then. But I’m wondering if I need to shock anytime I add water (since it’s from the well) or if keeping it balanced as usual is enough when...

Richard, how would the iron separate out? From being heated under the cover? My concern about SLAM is that it will turn the water all brown the sides will be completely stained, maybe it's the lesser of evils though? You're saying definitely don't run the pump though? I suppose I could get some...

:ROFLMAO:, thanks Richard, I think I'll take that advice! I might try to filter out that iron at a later time, but no time now. Alright, a speedstir! I'll put it on my list along with additional reagents. Makes sense, my swirling hand got tired. Plus I found I could only "swirl" right-handed...

Ok, redid it this morning. I had made a mistake when doing the TA test last night, so my TA isn't so bad. Yay! My calcium came out better too, the light was starting to fade and I think that affected what I was seeing. Here are my numbers this morning. the Pool Math calculator says to add 2.7oz...

I decided to give it a try tonight, though I should have waited until morning because everyone chose to come out and talk around me while I did it which wasn't helpful for the first time! Anyway, this is what I got as an initial reading. I was confused about a couple of the tests and will...

So I never had a chance to figure out the test kit yesterday, my family came early. I had tested with the HTH test strip that morning which had shown FC-0 so I'd added 38oz liquid chlorine and then I put in 2lbs of CYA/Stabilizer (in a sock as Richard suggested) based on a goal of 40. I figured...

Wow, my kit arrived already!!! For to finish cleaning (family arriving this afternoon) but then I'll try this bad boy out. 😉

Yes, thanks mguzzy! Since my test sticks are so unreliable who knows what I'll be starting with everyday!

IceShadow, when you say add 5ppm each day do you mean if I put 5 as the goal in the PoolMath calculator, with 0 as a start and it tells me to put in 38oz of liquid chlorine then I should put in 38oz every day until I can do a real test? Still new to the chemistry of this, but I'm thinking the...

Mguzzy - Ok, as soon as I can get to town to get some I will. Thanks! Dustin - The test is: Taylor K2006 Complete Swimming Pool Water Test Kit for Chlorine, pH, Alkalinity. I'll look for CYA refills right away. Thanks! Any thoughts on the Metal Out anyone? I'm watching the sides of my pool...

Ok, no floc, should I add some CYA now or wait until the good test kit comes? Would it be ok to add some more Metal Out to hopefully keep the pool from staining?

Yay! I found the Taylor K2006 Complete kit that I can get delivered by Thursday!

Oh my gosh Richard. Thank you so much! I knew I might battle iron, but I didn't know it would be green, I expected the color I saw this morning, so I thought algae was forming already. I skimmed the posts you sent, we might be able to try that polyfil filter method after we get back next week...

I just went and looked at it and it actually is starting to look more brownish than green now, don't know if that's a good thing or not, and still cloudy compared to yesterday. First picture yesterday when the levels seemed ok and second picture this morning about about 46oz MA added/chlorine 10

Hello, I am a brand new pool owner. We set up an above ground Coleman 18x48 metal frame vinyl pool on Saturday and started filling it from our well. I knew we had high iron so had done some research and used a Hydrolife Pool filter on the hose to try and filter some of it out and added two...