Green water while filling

[Alishasjunkypool]

I completely drained the pool, got new liner and started filling. 1ft of water and this is the color. Added nothing else but our well water. There is a slight yellowish foam residue floating on the water. What can i do? I cant afford the water delivery to fill it out here.

 

[magiteck]

Looks like iron maybe?

This post offers some great ideas:

If you’ve got iron in your fill water, use Polyfill to remove it

EDIT: Found out this method only works if your iron is oxidized already, meaning it’s got a dull or bright green tint to the water, or a nasty brown tint. If you know you have iron in your fill water, but it isn’t oxidized yet, bring your pool to shock level and it’ll turn the telltale green...

www.troublefreepool.com

 

[Texas Splash]

Welcome! That looks like it might be some sediment or something from the well. Not so sure it's iron. @JamesW your thoughts?

 

[JamesW]

Hard to tell. Probably iron with sediment.

 

[Alishasjunkypool]

Hard to tell. Probably iron with sediment.

Would skimmer socks help? What else could i do? Cant floc as i have cartridge filter

 

[Texas Splash]

Would skimmer socks help?

No, but continuously filtering with some Polyfill in the skimmer may help. Also see this link for a success story with iron.

From brown to 😍😍. Thank you polyfil!

We filled our pool from our well. We knew the risks and knew we would have a battle when the water was 12" deep as it looked green from the metals. Our fears were confirmed when we added chlorine and the water turned brown almost immediately. Enter 5 gallon polyfil filter. It worked...

www.troublefreepool.com

 

[duraleigh]

The green is iron. The cloudiness is some other contaminant. My suggestion would be to SLAM the pool. It will cuase the iron to further oxidize and be caught in your filter and will probably clear up the murkiness as well.

You must run your pump 24/7 for perhaps a few days and the polyfill in the skimmer will keep some of the iron out of the filter. Clean the filter as necessary

 

[Alishasjunkypool]

I have a 24 ft steel wall AGP with a cartridge filter/no backwash option. I filled the pook with my well. It is a murky brown color because of Iron and sediment in my well. Im not too concerned about the Iron because i can use Sequa-sol. But for the sediment, i was wondering if this could work: add flocculant and allow everything to fall to the floor then put a in line skimmer onto my manual vacuum with a skimmer sock in it to catch all the fine particles. Here is a youtube video of what i am talking about:

Please let me know if you think this could work for me. If you dont think that will work, what else can i do to get the fine seidment out? I cannot do a bucket filter because i dont have a way to block off the return jet from leaking out a lot of water. Thanks!

 

[mknauss]

Please do not add flocculant. It will destroy your cartridge filter. The skimmer sock shown will not prevent the floc from getting to the filter.

Just us a skimmer sock/hairnet. Many members use them. The video above is nothing special.