Anyone had any success with the CuLator products for removing metals from the water. Or does anyone know an alternative of similar cost?
I tried the CuLator several times over the winter on a pool with metal staining issues. It is a liner pool. Getting the stains out is very easy and sequestering with Metal Out works quite well. However, continually using these products gets old and expensive after a while, which is why I tried the CuLator to get the metal out. First tried two 1ppm bags in both skimmers over a month. Stains returned after stopping Metal Out. Then tried Ultra pack 4.0ppm in pump basket AND 1ppm in both skimmers for a month. Again stains came back after stopping Metal Out. My conclusion is that this product does not work. I'm thinking now that I will just drain and refill. It is a liner, so I was thinking I'll just do about four partial drains and refills and that should dilute the metal almost completely out. Thoughts?
Also tested the fill water and it did not read metal. I believe the metal (probably copper) got into the pool from a previous company overusing copper algaecide. No well water and no heater on this pool. Can't be sure about which metal because the tests continually came back as not having metal in the water even though all the symptoms show that there is.
Sure, but I still thought chlorine was more effective against bacteria than copper ... maybe not this special speciesI thought the same thing. But I have read that copper does have anti bacterial properties and will kill any bacteria it comes in contact with, so maybe it'll work. I'm going by the pool tomorrow to start the treatment. Stay tuned.