Never had a rust problem toping off the pool with the well water over the last year when we had leak in the old liner.
New Liner and Fresh Fill Questions....
- Thread starter Nate4429
- Start date
- Jun 24, 2021
- 15,963
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
JessBlount617
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Does it look like this?
This is the best depiction I can give of how rust will "hover" (yeah this is right after I backwashed right into my pool - zero out of ten, do not recommend).
Send pics - we'll see if we can further diagnose.
This is the best depiction I can give of how rust will "hover" (yeah this is right after I backwashed right into my pool - zero out of ten, do not recommend).
Send pics - we'll see if we can further diagnose.
JessBlount617
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No cloud of any sorts just looks like the lights have been turned out in the deep end. The foot of water in the shallow end is crystal clear right now. I tried to just get a pic but there are fluffy clouds in the sky right now and reflection is to much to see anything about the water 
Our pool when full is 3' in the shallow end and 9.5' in the deep end. I current have 3 socks over the hose end to see if it collects any rust. I'll know more tomorrow on that front.
Our pool when full is 3' in the shallow end and 9.5' in the deep end. I current have 3 socks over the hose end to see if it collects any rust. I'll know more tomorrow on that front.
JessBlount617
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Socks on your hose, while it sounds good in theory, won’t do you any good until the iron in the water oxidizes in the chlorine. That’s been my struggle with my fill water. My fill is heavily ironized and I still can’t filter it until it cycles the pool with chlorine. Stupid chemistry.No cloud of any sorts just looks like the lights have been turned out in the deep end. The foot of water in the shallow end is crystal clear right now. I tried to just get a pic but there are fluffy clouds in the sky right now and reflection is to much to see anything about the water
I also don't have a way to filter my water like an above ground pool. I would have to filter it from the hose side filling the pool. Once the pool gets full enough I have a big sand filter that it can all run through.
JessBlount617
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If it’s actually iron, you’ll need it to mix with chlorine to oxide it, and then filter it from the pool through one of the poly buckets.
Do you have a diving board or bottom of a slide to affix the bucket while it filters? A sump pump funneling chlorinated pool water through the bucket should do the trick.
Do you have a diving board or bottom of a slide to affix the bucket while it filters? A sump pump funneling chlorinated pool water through the bucket should do the trick.
JessBlount617
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I just saw your chem run - @PoolStored keep me honest - since @Nate4429 does not have any FC, do you suggest they add some to get it oxidizing the iron at minimum?
- Jun 24, 2021
- 15,963
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
Ok will do. Taking off for a Pickleball Tourney today but I'll add before we leave and update later this evening PT time.
I also am not running through my sand filter yet. Still need a just over 2' of water added which will take another 24hrs of water. I'm only running the well for about 10-12 hours a day to make sure we don't run out. According the county we are on one of the deepest aquifers in the county so we shouldn't have any issue with running out. Especially with the rain we've had this year in the PNW.
Ok back with a Bronze Medal my wife and I won 
Pool is definitely brown after adding chlorine. We are about halfway through filling the pool. 18k gallons in and 18k to go. The inner two socks I put on were definitely brown when I took them off. Used 4. My pool robots filter was also brown but cleaned right off when I cleaned it.
Pool is definitely brown after adding chlorine. We are about halfway through filling the pool. 18k gallons in and 18k to go. The inner two socks I put on were definitely brown when I took them off. Used 4. My pool robots filter was also brown but cleaned right off when I cleaned it.
JessBlount617
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Let’s go!!!! Congrats on Bronze!! 
I’m betting the iron in the water reacted with the chlorine and oxidized and is now actually rust. It’s bucket time, my friend.
Can you rig it up to a ladder, diving board, end of slide?? Just need it to hang out while you fill, plus 1-2 more days while you work out what’s already in the pool too. I don’t think filling through the bucket will get you there faster, sadly.
I’m betting the iron in the water reacted with the chlorine and oxidized and is now actually rust. It’s bucket time, my friend.
Can you rig it up to a ladder, diving board, end of slide?? Just need it to hang out while you fill, plus 1-2 more days while you work out what’s already in the pool too. I don’t think filling through the bucket will get you there faster, sadly.
- Feb 6, 2015
- 7,813
- Pool Size
- 12300
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
See post #16 above for an option to start your polyfill filtering now.
New Liner and Fresh Fill Questions....
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...
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Update. We had a couple days of rain so we just filled the pool while the well had more rain to keep up as we now have 80+ degree weather coming up over the next weeks.
I turned on the pump yesterday at 6:15pm and put polyfill in my one skimmer. Today at 12:30pm half the rust is gone! Not even 24hrs and we are on the right path. The polyfill was loaded with the rust. You can see the 6:15 pic, 12:30pic and the polyfill rust filled in the pics. All my numbers are great. Haven't started adding salt yet as my SWG won't turn on 
So off to research that issue. Thank you for the polyfill info even if I didn't use the bucket option putting it in the skimmer has worked great. I wouldn't have thought about using polyfill.
I turned on the pump yesterday at 6:15pm and put polyfill in my one skimmer. Today at 12:30pm half the rust is gone!
Not even 24hrs and we are on the right path. The polyfill was loaded with the rust. You can see the 6:15 pic, 12:30pic and the polyfill rust filled in the pics. All my numbers are great. Haven't started adding salt yet as my SWG won't turn on So off to research that issue. Thank you for the polyfill info even if I didn't use the bucket option putting it in the skimmer has worked great. I wouldn't have thought about using polyfill.Attachments
JessBlount617
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