Hi everyone,
If you remember, I had the issue with super high iron in my fill water. Water turned dark yellow when I put the chlorine in. I drained it, scrubbed every part of the tub, filled again from the well, through an iron curtain filter for my house and then through a pre filter screen made to reduce iron. The water still had enough iron in it to turn yellow a bit, not as bad, but still not great.
Suggestions on here pointed me to a few options. One option was to use the polyfill and bucket method. The second option was to drain again and fill directly from my whole house water softener preceded by the iron curtain. It's a large unit that can handle 800+ gallons from one tank and then has another reserve tank in case it runs out, so I didn't want to worry about running out of softened water.
I chose the second option just to start fresh. I filled from the softener through the pre filter screen made to reduce iron and did this slowly. I also added Metal Gon as my water still tested with 0.1ppm iron. Here were my numbers after filling:
CC - 0 (hadn't added anything yet)
CH - 275
TA - 150
PH - 8
I then reduced my TA down to 80 today. And the PH is hovering about 7.6 or 7.8.
I then added chlorine and the water turned slightly yellow. It's duller than it was in the past for sure, but it's not crystal clear. There was also a ring around the water line that was light brown. I rinsed my filter before adding chlorine as well. Did I not rinse the iron out of it well enough?
So should I just keep things going and hope that the filter catches whatever little iron is in there now? Or do I do the polyfill method with my current water?
I'm also super surprised I still have this issue with the iron level being at 0.1ppm. I had the water tested for iron at the hot tub store as they have a machine to do it. I know their numbers overall aren't great and I have my own TF-100 kit, but I don't have anything to test Iron.
If you remember, I had the issue with super high iron in my fill water. Water turned dark yellow when I put the chlorine in. I drained it, scrubbed every part of the tub, filled again from the well, through an iron curtain filter for my house and then through a pre filter screen made to reduce iron. The water still had enough iron in it to turn yellow a bit, not as bad, but still not great.
Suggestions on here pointed me to a few options. One option was to use the polyfill and bucket method. The second option was to drain again and fill directly from my whole house water softener preceded by the iron curtain. It's a large unit that can handle 800+ gallons from one tank and then has another reserve tank in case it runs out, so I didn't want to worry about running out of softened water.
I chose the second option just to start fresh. I filled from the softener through the pre filter screen made to reduce iron and did this slowly. I also added Metal Gon as my water still tested with 0.1ppm iron. Here were my numbers after filling:
CC - 0 (hadn't added anything yet)
CH - 275
TA - 150
PH - 8
I then reduced my TA down to 80 today. And the PH is hovering about 7.6 or 7.8.
I then added chlorine and the water turned slightly yellow. It's duller than it was in the past for sure, but it's not crystal clear. There was also a ring around the water line that was light brown. I rinsed my filter before adding chlorine as well. Did I not rinse the iron out of it well enough?
So should I just keep things going and hope that the filter catches whatever little iron is in there now? Or do I do the polyfill method with my current water?
I'm also super surprised I still have this issue with the iron level being at 0.1ppm. I had the water tested for iron at the hot tub store as they have a machine to do it. I know their numbers overall aren't great and I have my own TF-100 kit, but I don't have anything to test Iron.