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Try adding some metal out, while keeping the ph at 7.0 - it should lighten up the stains. If not, then wait till you have a problem with your water, and you have to rebalance anyway. One thing when dealing with a fiberglass pool is to make sure that your ph doesn't go above 7.4 - if you have...

I have a fiberglass pool, and had a regular aquabot for 7 years. When it died, I bought and aquabot bravo, and this is my 3rd season with it. I love the aquabot - mostly because I have a white fiberglass pool, and thanks to this forum and the pool forum my water is so clear you can see a hair...

I live in PA. I have a gas heater, and solar heat. I very rarely need the gas heater - but the gas is fairly expensive now I have a 15,000 gal pool, and it heats about 3 degrees per hour with the gas heater alone, using about 5 lbs per hour. I use it along with the solar heater on sunny cold...

Dave, you deserve :punkrock: :bowdown: :cheers: :goodjob: :rockon: :whoot: :party: Unfortunately, here in the northeast we don't need coolers! But if I ever do, I have no fear that this will work

Another tip for the kit is to make a copy of the "best guess chart", and any other numbers you want, and tape it to the lid of the case with clear tape. Then you always have the numbers at hand when you have a senior moment :wink:

OOOOOH, how I love this thread :) There are so many great idea and time savers Hooray for us :punkrock:

When starting to vacuum, put the bottom of the vacuum up to the return to fill the hose, with the vacuum cap in the skimmer. As soon as the air bubbles stop and water runs out, put the cap on the skimmer to start to vacuum. When finished, lift of the vacuum head to let air in and suck all...

I have an aquabot Bravo, and I think it is the same as the diamond. I just love it - it also has a 4 year warranty, and it is a good thing, because I had to send it back this year and have a new motor put in :shock: I got it the end of 2005. It works great, but I am in PA so really only use...

I have a looploc mesh cover and I like it - but if the sunblock one would have been available when I got my pool I would have gotten that kind. If I ever need a new cover :roll: I will get the sunblock one, just hope this one lasts another 7 years!

Although I don't have a Viking fiberglass pool, I have one made in NJ by Waterworld, I love mine. This is the eighth season for me. Best of Luck :-D

Can you put a piece of stocking over the return from the solar heater? Maybe you can catch some of the stuff coming out if it. It really is a mystery - why would the cloud only come out of the solar return, and not out of the regular return? It leads me to beleive that is has to be something...

duraleigh is right, copper usually gives a bluish stain. The fact that the brown only comes out when you use the solar would say that is coming from there, so it may be something that is still being flushed out. All the same you can take your chlorine up to shock levels slowly, while keeping...

I wonder if there are any copper pipes or couplings in the plumbing for the solar heat? Did you test your fill water? It would be good to know where the copper is coming from. Even if you don't find out, you can control the metals by keeping metal free in the water and keeping your chlorine...

I would go ahead and put another dose of metal free in. I think that if it doesn't clear up after the whole system is flushed, then it is coming from somewhere that is bleeding out metal, as sSean said. After you have the ph balanced and the system is flushed, and you still get brown water...

If there is a cloud coming out of your return from the solar panels then I would think that you would have to flush out the panels. I would put in a big dose of sequestering agent - more than the amount they say on the bottle. Keep your ph at 7.0 to 7.2 and keep the pump running for 24 hours...