Hi you guys have been really generous helping me with my pool problems before. So I just assembled and filled my 18’ above ground Intex pool from our hose for the season and the water seemed a little green as it filled and a little silt is forming on the bottom.
The only thing I can think is that the day before, our water had been brown from the fire department using the hydrants stirring up the silt and while it seemed to quickly clear in the house, the pool was still affected the next day when I filled the pool.
I’ve been running the filter since then and the filter is full of brown stuff each time I change it.
But the water is green not really brown which seems weird. Any idea what’s going on and how to fix it? Is it copper from the town water pipes perhaps that’s turning it green? I can’t imagine filling the pool with what is essentially tap water and there being something growing in it.
Would anybody have some advice/thoughts?
Thanks! My kids are dying to jump in. It’s hot out there!
Bob
The only thing I can think is that the day before, our water had been brown from the fire department using the hydrants stirring up the silt and while it seemed to quickly clear in the house, the pool was still affected the next day when I filled the pool.
I’ve been running the filter since then and the filter is full of brown stuff each time I change it.
But the water is green not really brown which seems weird. Any idea what’s going on and how to fix it? Is it copper from the town water pipes perhaps that’s turning it green? I can’t imagine filling the pool with what is essentially tap water and there being something growing in it.
Would anybody have some advice/thoughts?
Thanks! My kids are dying to jump in. It’s hot out there!
Bob