New well filled AGP has signs of rust

[Marie Myatt]

Hello All,
I drained, cleaned, and have refilled my swamp pool. I just finished filling pool over two days, as I have a well. Today, the pool is a light brown. I know that we have iron in our water. I have just turned on my pump with a new filter. I tested my new fill and these are the results:

CYA 0
pH 7.0
TA 40
FC 2.2
CC 0.2
CH 20

I am worried about adding anything without advice. If I add the Pool Calculator recommended bleach, my pool will turn more brown, right? Currently, the pool water is circulating. How can I remove the iron without causing other problems. Should I add the CYA and bleach now, or wait until the iron is resolved? Help, I am afraid my pool will turn green if I don't add chemicals very soon.

 

[mknauss]

Welcome!

There are methods detailed in this forum to manage iron in your water and how to filter it out. Use the search box. Put in filter iron or something like that.

PM Swampwoman. She is our resident expert on metals in pool water.

Take care.

 

[zea3]

Hi, welcome to TFP! You may want to try to make a pillow stuffing filter for your pool to filter some of the oxidized iron out of the pool. How to get iron out of pool water. Effective and cheap. Intex pool. - YouTube

Several members have reported this works very well. I would go ahead and add CYA to reach 30 ppm, and bleach as needed according to PoolMath.