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I'm a first time pool owner (new pool), so I'm still getting the hang of all this stuff! My water has been great but this morning we had a torrential downpour which caused a bunch of dirt from my garden to wash into my pool. The water is now a lovely brown colour and I couldn't see past the first step. The water level was to the top so I removed some water using the waste setting, skimmed the mulch out, and have turned the pump off in the hopes the dirt will settle. In the mean time my chemistry is now all off.
My question is; should I leave everything off, until the dirt settles, for however long that takes (days?), & vacuum to waste? Or should I just leave it off until I'm home from work later, vacuum to waste, and then turn the pump back on again and start fixing my water chemistry? I'm worried if I leave everything off for too long that things might get worse and maybe the water never clears that way. I was told I could also try adding flocculant?
It's been 5-1/2 hours and the water is less brown, more of a greenish brown and I can somewhat see the second step.
First pic is what it looked like first thing, second two are what it looks like now. We were supposed to have a pool part Friday! ?
I'm a first time pool owner (new pool), so I'm still getting the hang of all this stuff! My water has been great but this morning we had a torrential downpour which caused a bunch of dirt from my garden to wash into my pool. The water is now a lovely brown colour and I couldn't see past the first step. The water level was to the top so I removed some water using the waste setting, skimmed the mulch out, and have turned the pump off in the hopes the dirt will settle. In the mean time my chemistry is now all off.
My question is; should I leave everything off, until the dirt settles, for however long that takes (days?), & vacuum to waste? Or should I just leave it off until I'm home from work later, vacuum to waste, and then turn the pump back on again and start fixing my water chemistry? I'm worried if I leave everything off for too long that things might get worse and maybe the water never clears that way. I was told I could also try adding flocculant?
It's been 5-1/2 hours and the water is less brown, more of a greenish brown and I can somewhat see the second step.
First pic is what it looked like first thing, second two are what it looks like now. We were supposed to have a pool part Friday! ?