New Liner and Fresh Fill Questions....

[Nate4429]

Hey everyone just got a new liner installed after 14 years with the old one. Looking for advice on the process of getting my numbers back where they need to be once full or while filling. I've never done a full fill before and we are doing it with our well (which is how it was filled with the previous owner last time) I'm figuring 3-5 days gonna let the well rest each night. That's what the previous owner did with no well issues. We have a great well. I would like to avoid an algae bloom during this 3-5 days of filling. Weather currently and future forecast of low to mid 70's. We switched to a SWG about 3 years ago. I'm not sure when to add the salt during this process or where to even start with adding what. Here is a current pic as of today with well already about 9k gallons according to the pool guy. Water is dirty from the well is what the pool guy says. He spouted off stuff to do that I know this forum frowns upon so I smiled and nodded and came here. Let me know what's the process or where to find the process for a filling of a salt water pool after a new liner. Thanks!

 

[Nate4429]

I have a pool robot cleaner as well. Not sure when I can put it in. DOLPHIN Proteus DX5i Robotic Pool Cleaner

 

[SecoSteve]

Probably would be a good idea to make a polyfill bucket to filter out iron and dirt. Search for polyfill on the forum.

 

[Nate4429]

Probably would be a good idea to make a polyfill bucket to filter out iron and dirt. Search for polyfill on the forum.

I will look into it

 

[PoolStored]

@JessBlount617 can help you!

 

[Nate4429]

Probably would be a good idea to make a polyfill bucket to filter out iron and dirt. Search for polyfill on the forum.

I will look into it

@JessBlount617 can help you!

@JessBlount617 can help you!

I will look forward to @JessBlount617 reply Thanks!

 

[PoolStored]

Here is Jess' journey...

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Hi friends! Newbie here and I am on the struggle bus with my pool. I have a 16x48 Bestway Steel Pro Max. Using a 1500 Gal Flowclear Sand Filter Water was filled from a well (city water not available where I am). It’s very brown. Shocked the pool with one of the 1 lb bags after filling and...

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[JessBlount617]

Hello fellow Rusty-Well Sufferer! @Nate4429 I am here to help you in any way I can!

My pool went from brown (almost black) to bermuda blue in about 3 days with the use of a poly-fill bucket! I use my well as my fill source too - which after about 30 mins of well water, my blue beauty turns to a greenish gross mess.

Here's the ingredients for a successful Poly Bucket:
5 Gallon Bucket with the SCREW ON LID FIXTURE (you don't want to be neck deep chasing poly fill in a rust-filled pool at 10 PM... ask me how I know..)
Enough Cheap Pillow from walmart to have a SOLID pillow fight with an army from Game of Thrones (you'll want 6ish at minimum - you have to trade out the fill periodically)
Get yourself an adapter that fits from the Return Tube of your Pool - and drill a hole in the bottom of your bucket to fit that adapter (never hurts to have rubber gaskets, plumbers putty or whatever other water-proofing agent around)

Prepare your Bucket:
I gave mine the name Joe Dirt - yes the iconic David Spade movie... short of having a mullet, he was a pretty rad dude
Bottom of your bucket - drill the hold for the adapter
Lid of bucket - drill enough holes (more than you could think) to pace the water returning to the pool (I usually do about 30-50 holes on HALF the lid - I'll show you in a second...)
Fill your bucket with enough poly to "feel" full but don't smash it - you need the water to move through the poly and be filtered and not create a pressure spike on your filtration system

Rig your bucket:
If you're not dealing with algae your ladder is your new BFF
If you have algae forget the ladder and find another means
Hoist the bucket (full of poly, and holes drilled in the lid) - so that the holes are actually on the TOP of the bucket when you mount it
Strap her in - hence the ladder being your BFF... use your bungee cords and rope as a means of keeping Joey in place. I had to use a couple bricks to keep mine supported and from tipping backward
Disconnect your return from the pool, and connect it to the bottom of your bucket

**Be mindful when you take your bucket down - if you intend to backwash/rinse - you'll end up with rust right back in the pool. It's best to dismantle your bucket BEFORE backwash/rinse.

LET 'ER RIP, TATER CHIP! I leave Joe up long enough where my chems run balanced and I can VISIBLY see no more green in my pool. Sometimes it's 12 hours of run after a fill, sometimes it's 3 freaking days...

Give me a couple mins and I'll attach some pics to this thread so you can see my latest rig!

 

[Nate4429]

Hello fellow Rusty-Well Sufferer! @Nate4429 I am here to help you in any way I can!

My pool went from brown (almost black) to bermuda blue in about 3 days with the use of a poly-fill bucket! I use my well as my fill source too - which after about 30 mins of well water, my blue beauty turns to a greenish gross mess.

Here's the ingredients for a successful Poly Bucket:
5 Gallon Bucket with the SCREW ON LID FIXTURE (you don't want to be neck deep chasing poly fill in a rust-filled pool at 10 PM... ask me how I know..)
Enough Cheap Pillow from walmart to have a SOLID pillow fight with an army from Game of Thrones (you'll want 6ish at minimum - you have to trade out the fill periodically)
Get yourself an adapter that fits from the Return Tube of your Pool - and drill a hole in the bottom of your bucket to fit that adapter (never hurts to have rubber gaskets, plumbers putty or whatever other water-proofing agent around)

Prepare your Bucket:
I gave mine the name Joe Dirt - yes the iconic David Spade movie... short of having a mullet, he was a pretty rad dude
Bottom of your bucket - drill the hold for the adapter
Lid of bucket - drill enough holes (more than you could think) to pace the water returning to the pool (I usually do about 30-50 holes on HALF the lid - I'll show you in a second...)
Fill your bucket with enough poly to "feel" full but don't smash it - you need the water to move through the poly and be filtered and not create a pressure spike on your filtration system

Rig your bucket:
If you're not dealing with algae your ladder is your new BFF
If you have algae forget the ladder and find another means
Hoist the bucket (full of poly, and holes drilled in the lid) - so that the holes are actually on the TOP of the bucket when you mount it
Strap her in - hence the ladder being your BFF... use your bungee cords and rope as a means of keeping Joey in place. I had to use a couple bricks to keep mine supported and from tipping backward
Disconnect your return from the pool, and connect it to the bottom of your bucket

**Be mindful when you take your bucket down - if you intend to backwash/rinse - you'll end up with rust right back in the pool. It's best to dismantle your bucket BEFORE backwash/rinse.

LET 'ER RIP, TATER CHIP! I leave Joe up long enough where my chems run balanced and I can VISIBLY see no more green in my pool. Sometimes it's 12 hours of run after a fill, sometimes it's 3 freaking days...

Give me a couple mins and I'll attach some pics to this thread so you can see my latest rig!

Thanks for that info on a poly bucket! Not sure yet I need to go that route "yet" as I've put in over 9,000 gallons (27k to go) and can still see the bottom just fine it just looks slightly greenish brown tinge.

 

[Nate4429]

Another question....When can I throw my pool robot in the pool? And I feel like I'm going to get an algae bloom at this pace of filling the pool if I have to wait for the water to reach the register to add chlorine to it. Any thoughts?

 

[JessBlount617]

Thanks for that info on a poly bucket! Not sure yet I need to go that route "yet" as I've put in over 9,000 gallons (27k to go) and can still see the bottom just fine it just looks slightly greenish brown tinge.

Here’s the latest version of my poly bucket

 

[proavia]

Post some pictures of your fill progress.
This will help document the water color and clarity at different fill levels.

 

[Nate4429]

Post some pictures of your fill progress.
This will help document the water color and clarity at different fill levels.

Here's where I'm currently at doesn't look this green in person definitely not brown either

 

[Nate4429]

Actually that's about what it looks like when I clicked on it. The Thumbnail looks different.

 

[JessBlount617]

That looks like rust to me - especially since it’s not green all around but more like a “cloud”.

Try rigging up the bucket and it might surprise you what you pull from the water. Getting ahead of it while you fill is far more easy than cycling for day after the fill.

 

[proavia]

If you have a sump pump, rig up the polyfill bucket now and start the process.
The bucket can be secured to your ladder or diving board.

 

[JessBlount617]

This was pre-bucket for my pool.


This is after an over-night fill


Bucket in action


Resulting Bermuda Blue water! Ignore the wrinkles

 

[Nate4429]

Nice work! Also my shallow end is crystal clear....Shouldnt the whole pool be the same cloudiness?

 

[JessBlount617]

Nice work! Also my shallow end is crystal clear....Shouldnt the whole pool be the same cloudiness?

Are you filling in the deep end or the shallow end? Rust doesn’t “move” a lot it just sorta hovers. So if it’s staying near where you’re filling, that might be why.

 

[Nate4429]

Both? Its now up to the first step.