I'm dealing with a brown pool. FC has been holding for almost 2 weeks, I've treated for the trace amount of iron that's in the water (Metal Magic with pH at 7.8). The filter is in good shape. Here's what I'm wondering:
The pool was built last year and PB closed it. Unfortunately, they didn't bother to test the calcium, which was 90ppm when I arrived on the scene. The plaster is now very badly etched starting about a foot down the wall (where it was drained to over the winter).
The plaster itself is a dark gray/brown. Is it possible that pigment from the dissolved plaster is staining the water? It's a little out there, but I'm sure it's not algae and I'm pretty convinced at this point it's not metal related. My original conspiracy theory was that a large amount of red clay got in the pool, but it's had plenty of time to filter that out.
It may not even matter. IMO the PB owes the PO a new surface, but since I thought of the possibility I'd at least like to know whether or not it's plausible.
The pool was built last year and PB closed it. Unfortunately, they didn't bother to test the calcium, which was 90ppm when I arrived on the scene. The plaster is now very badly etched starting about a foot down the wall (where it was drained to over the winter).
The plaster itself is a dark gray/brown. Is it possible that pigment from the dissolved plaster is staining the water? It's a little out there, but I'm sure it's not algae and I'm pretty convinced at this point it's not metal related. My original conspiracy theory was that a large amount of red clay got in the pool, but it's had plenty of time to filter that out.
It may not even matter. IMO the PB owes the PO a new surface, but since I thought of the possibility I'd at least like to know whether or not it's plausible.
