Hi.
I've got an 18x36 IG pool with a SWG. About 26k gallons. Liner ripped this past winter and had to be replaced, which was done in the beginning of July. Two of the three truckloads of water came from a local pond and when finished was brown as brown can be.
Balanced and shocked but wasn't getting better. Checked for metals and iron was 1.3. Treated with a Culator Ultra Power Pak that went in the skimmer basket, some PhosFree and a liter of Metal Free initially. Then kept treating with Metal Free.
In about a month, I'm not making all that much headway. The iron slowly came down and eventually was zero. Turned on my SWG and water became dark green again. And over the month I did try shocking a couple of times when I thought the metal levels were decreasing. As soon as I add chlorine and see the water going bad again, I turn off the generator and treat for metals.
Today is August 11th and I've lost count on the Metal Free that I've added. I would easily guess about 12 liters, plus a gallon of some Iron Out that I bought at a local department store (pool store is about 1/2 hour away and VERY expensive). This morning I turned the SWG back on and after an hour or two water started turning green again.
I know my Iron is zero and the last check of copper was WNL. My pool guy said there might be some metal that he can't test for but was confident the Metal Free would take it out.
Question is...am I chasing down the wrong thing? Or is this process going to just take the rest of the summer?
Thanks
I've got an 18x36 IG pool with a SWG. About 26k gallons. Liner ripped this past winter and had to be replaced, which was done in the beginning of July. Two of the three truckloads of water came from a local pond and when finished was brown as brown can be.
Balanced and shocked but wasn't getting better. Checked for metals and iron was 1.3. Treated with a Culator Ultra Power Pak that went in the skimmer basket, some PhosFree and a liter of Metal Free initially. Then kept treating with Metal Free.
In about a month, I'm not making all that much headway. The iron slowly came down and eventually was zero. Turned on my SWG and water became dark green again. And over the month I did try shocking a couple of times when I thought the metal levels were decreasing. As soon as I add chlorine and see the water going bad again, I turn off the generator and treat for metals.
Today is August 11th and I've lost count on the Metal Free that I've added. I would easily guess about 12 liters, plus a gallon of some Iron Out that I bought at a local department store (pool store is about 1/2 hour away and VERY expensive). This morning I turned the SWG back on and after an hour or two water started turning green again.
I know my Iron is zero and the last check of copper was WNL. My pool guy said there might be some metal that he can't test for but was confident the Metal Free would take it out.
Question is...am I chasing down the wrong thing? Or is this process going to just take the rest of the summer?
Thanks