iron

I’ve loved my SWG over the past few years. Even with having to add salt and clean the cell every few months, it’s so much easier than dealing with buying, transporting, storing and deploying liquid chlorine constantly. But a recent salt-stain event had me questioning the SWG if there is iron...

So I followed the instruction in this post for the past couple seasons to filter iron from my pool : https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/if-youve-got-iron-in-your-fill-water-use-polyfill-to-remove-it.146140/ The iron here in Central Indiana is BAD so I end up having to do this a few times a...

Pool had a rough start to the season and it seems it is continuing. Quick history of how season started, used motor oil was poured into pool, pump was off while I got the clean up going, new pig mats. Developed some algae at this time, started up pump and added Pool first aid and algaecide...

Hello all, I’ve been having tiny rust marks showing up on hot tub spillover edge as well as on a corner of the pool. I tried the vitamin c test, some came off and some didn’t. I’m assuming I have iron in my water? How can I remove it fully? I previously used small amounts of iron out on the tiny...

Hi, I've been studying the information on this site since last year (our first season of having a pool), and it has been invaluable. I have tried to read everything I could find on filling pools with well water and the various methods to deal with the iron issue. Last year, we filled the pool...

Somehow a steel rod spent the winter in my pool :confused:. Pool is algae free (OCLT test) and still very green (can't see the bottom). I've confirmed the presence of iron with asorbic acid on the brown stains on my white steps but I can't see how much of the rest of the pool has stains. Safe...

So I have been going down the rabbit hole to remove and keep away the iron stains. So many questions and clarifications I want details on but for now let’s stick to this one thing at a time. I have treated my pool with ascorbic acid and it lifted the iron stains. Now all the Fe3+ is soluble...

This is our third time this summer where the water turns that slight teal green colour and our white walls turn yellow. Did the AA treatment each time, but this is the first time the water remains green. Brought TC to zero, put in some “HTH Extra 60%” algaecide, dumped in the AA and let it...

Recently I fixed my pool's auto-fill so I no longer have any iron being added to the pool (How to test for Iron without sending out water to testing lab or pool store! (pics included)) , but I was curious if I still had some iron in the pool water from the last 3 months that was still lingering...

I originally posted this in another thread regarding an AA treatment another TFP'er is going through but I felt it warranted it's own thread specifically. If anyone is concerned their fill water or auto-fill water has Iron in it, you can do a 5-gallon white-bucket test with your water. Iron in...

I opened my pool roughly 2 weeks ago. I expected a green mess down there, but instead I found a detritus mess down there with zero green. Upon testing, I found FC 14 in the water. According to Pool Math, it's supposed to be between 4 and 11 , so that's not too far beyond the pale except I...

Hello, New pool owner looking to get ahead of iron. We have a Coleman Power Steel 10’x16’x4’ above ground vinyl pool, 3,600 gallons. It’s filling up now. We have iron in our water which is becoming visibly tinged yellow. I’ve added no chemicals yet (but have them) as it’s not full yet. It’ll...

I’m so glad I found this site on Reddit, I’m hoping you experts will be able to help. I recently purchased a vinyl sided Intex brand pool secondhand. It uses the basic Intex filter with A/C cartridges. Approximately 3500 gallons. We really thought we were just going to fill this puppy up and...

I began SLAM process 5 days ago to address what appears to be mustard algae, but now I wonder if I have misidentified what I have, and have the additional complication of having slacked in frequency of chlorine upkeep due to emergency work time demands since Wednesday. My logs are shared so all...

Over a period of two weeks I’ve followed directions for lowering my PH and adding a sequestrant for iron and copper, waiting 24+ hours and then slowly raising PH up and adding chlorine. I’ve done this twice and every time I add the chlorine my pool gets dark again. What am I doing wrong...

We are selecting the stone to cover the face of our spa. The stone will be partially submerged in the water as well as have a waterfall effect rolling over it. We picked out a reddish Quartz but want to make sure it won’t stain from the iron. Any experience or suggestions?

I’m at my wits end. When we opened the pool it was cloudy blue and my husband accidentally left the motor unplugged overnight. The water turned extremely dark green/brown. We have high iron and are on well water so we figured that was why and have been trying to treat it since. I had to shock it...

I keep getting iron stains. Spot treatment with Ascorbic acid takes them off, then they redeposit. Rather than sequestering every week, I’m thinking of just using my pool water to water my lawn (which I need to do anyway), and refilling my pool with fresh water, thus exchanging a few hundred...

Hi! I recently started getting our pool ready swim in for the summer. We have a 16 ft x 48in summer waves pool. Monday I started balancing the ph levels and the alkalinity.. brought my water back on Wednesday and they gave me something to lower the PH, an algaecide, and chlorine. I put 3lbs of...

First, let me say that I've been reading so much on TFP and I love the information. We just sat up our first pool and I've enjoyed learning about it and more about water chemistry (I'm a high school chemistry teacher). I wondered about an issue I'm having with my water clarity, but first some...

I have high iron well water. It turns brown in the pool. When I set up my above ground vinyl pool each year, usually I filter out the iron with a polyfil bucket. Usually it works great. This year I bought a larger above ground pool (went from 1700 gal to 5000 gal) and bought a much larger...

Hello! New pool owner here, Intex 18x48 with a sand filter to be exact. After spending weeks of the dreaded leveling and setting it up we were SO excited to finally get our pool up and running and thought it would be easy sailing going forward. Little did we know, that wouldn’t be the hardest...

This is our third summer with an inground 20k gallon pool. The first two years we didn't have this problem but this year we had to put a ton of well water into the pool (like half the pool water) since then, we have a constant cycle: shock pool, it's brown, flock it to get rid of the brown...

Good afternoon to all! I recently purchased Intex's larger inflatable pool which holds around 160 gallons, the link is below. Anyway we have city water and when we clean with bleach inside the water turns a tint brown. I was trying to keep this pool up for a month so I added a single chlorine...

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...