Is this a pool or a swamp? Help

[Mopar4u]

Wanted to give a follow up. After about 12 days i was in the pool. The answer to my cleanup was running two separate pump filters 24/7 for about 5 days straight, 4 x day filter cleaning and a lot of patience and vacuuming. No chemicals, no pillow stuffing, no drain and find new water (like the pool store suggested). I took the time while waiting for clean up to educate myself on the chemicals and best pool practices for maintenance.. I still have a little iron staining but everytime i vacuum more of it comes out. Thanks everyone

 

[Newdude]

The answer to my cleanup was running two separate pump filters 24/7 for about 5 days straight,

I’d like to change my answer to ‘running two full rigs will work GREAT for you’



Well done Mopar !!!

 

[Newdude]

The real lesson here is that you hit it hard and often. 9 times out of 10 you need X amount of effort and if that effort comes once or twice a day, it will drag on and on.

Life gets in the way for all of us. But there are no shortcuts to the effort needed whether it be filtering/cleaning, or maintaining a SLAM.

To put it into Mopar-speak..... there’s no replacement for displacement. In this case the displacement was particles that needed to go and not cubic inches, but it works just the same.

Again, sir. Well. Done.

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Try to capture as much rain water as you can to replace some of that pool water. You may find as you add chlorine that the iron may reappear a bit. WHatever iron is in there still could be captured if you put some paper towels in your skimmer, or polyfil.

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

Maddie