- May 23, 2015
- 24,492
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Please note that ascorbic acid is not very good at lifting copper stains in the presence of an oxidizer (chlorine). It will often turn black copper oxide stains brown which, in the case of this pool’s current surface conditions, could be difficult to differentiate.
To the OP - this looks like a situation where your service company was using a copper based algaecide on a regular basis and you are now seeing the very expensive downside effects of that. Even if you treat the pool with Jack’s Magic Copper protocol, you’re talking about hundreds of dollars in chemicals and then a complete water exchange. There is no way to remove copper from water, it can only be sequestered and held in solution. The only way to be truly rid of it is to replace the contaminated water with fresh water.
I suggest you reconsider your reliance on a Service company. They are often many times more expensive than doing the maintenance yourself and their business model is based on reactive solutions to problems, not proactive preventative maintenance. Up to you entirely but TFP rarely ever recommends using pool service companies.
To the OP - this looks like a situation where your service company was using a copper based algaecide on a regular basis and you are now seeing the very expensive downside effects of that. Even if you treat the pool with Jack’s Magic Copper protocol, you’re talking about hundreds of dollars in chemicals and then a complete water exchange. There is no way to remove copper from water, it can only be sequestered and held in solution. The only way to be truly rid of it is to replace the contaminated water with fresh water.
I suggest you reconsider your reliance on a Service company. They are often many times more expensive than doing the maintenance yourself and their business model is based on reactive solutions to problems, not proactive preventative maintenance. Up to you entirely but TFP rarely ever recommends using pool service companies.