Issues w/ stains, from iron, copper, & other metals & with copper-based products: Nature2, Vision, Frog, Ionizers, skimmer pills, Pristine Blue, Chlor-Free & . . . ?
___________________________________________ 10 Basic Facts about Pool Stains ___________________________________________ 1. Most pool stains...
____________________________________________ 10 Basic Facts about Pool Stains Stain removal with ascorbic acid Bucket test for the presence...
This was posted by PoolDoc in another thread this morning. It is concise and simple. A more thorough guide for dealing with metals in a pool is in...
So here are my latest number: FC: 1.5 (tested in the evening before I added more bleach) CC: 0 Ph: 7.8 TA: 90 Hardness: 190 - 200 CYA: 40-50 ...
I am trying to use citric acid to remove brown stains from my pool. I have some questions. I have easy access to citric acid via my work. I can buy...
Gents, I purchased an existing home in December of 2013 and inherited a fiberglass pool. Pool stats: -18K gallons - Chlorine - New: Heater...
I have a very hard well with super high iron content. I found the metaltrap 6 at http://hydropuretechnologies.com/ that removes just about all the...
I have been a pool owner for 2 summers. I inherited a pool when I moved in. The person I bought from used EZ pool. I use it last year just...
My first post! Hoping to get some advice. I've had my above ground pool for 7 years. I have the Pool Frog system. Lately I am having a problem...
I understand that an ionizer puts iron into the pool. Last year I had a leak and had to add lots of well water that has...iron. So staining...
need help and have not found the answers for my problem yet so I saw your product and thought you might be able to help. We just bought a...
Never grew up with a pool and bought a house a few years back with no pool knowledge. I was told that the nearest pool store would help me with...
We moved to our house in January. We hadn't planned on ever having a pool, but the house we liked the best happened to have one, so we decided to...
Stains, spots, scale and more can be difficult for pool owners to identify -- and it's hard to fix problems, when you don't know what they are! The...
Hi all, I've just opened my 25,000 in ground pool. The first thing I did was shock it and add some algaecide to clear it up. Testing my water this...
These spots are about the size of a dime, only on bottom of pool. What is this? Will they go away? Also, yellowish "dust on bottom" can vacuum...
Hi- I know that the element that is causing the problem in the pool (Vinyl liner) is iron. We have well water and had it tested. What is the best...
In the Intex type pool section I read: " just turn it down. AND . . . DISCONNECT the power to the copper electrodes! Those are a MESS." in...
Greetings. First the details-inground pool, 6 years old. For the first year I chlorinated with a duoclear plus natur2 as that was the unit the...
I shot this 3 days ago. As of today, the whole pool is as clear as vodka. (And really, who wouldn't want to swim in a pool of vodka?) :) ...
Hi, First year pool owner... Apologies in advance for naivete or ignorance. We have a 16x32 IG vinyl pool, ~22,000 gals, cartridge filter. When...
I just put up a 27 ft pool and wanted to know what people thought about the pool frog was thinking of going with this type of set up ? thanks in...
I have staining on my vinyl lined saltwater pool. I can get rid of them with ascorbic acid but they come back.. Need ideas.
I have a 27,000 gallon pool with iron staining. I have had conflicting information about how to remove the iron and keep it from returning. The...
The pool water turned brown when I brought the chorine level up to 1pp. Metal out cleared to pool water over night, a little oxalic acid removed the...
My recently college graduated son left a hammer on the vinyl lined steps of our pool. When I found it and removed it this morning it left a nice...
I am new to this forum so I apologize up front for any mistakes I am making. I have a semi inground 16 x 28 Doughboy pool, Millennium oval high rate...
Hey guys... My pool tested positive for iron and was stained. Last week I used ascorbic acid by lowering FC to 0 ph to 7.0 which cleared the stains...
Our fill water has very high TA (300). pH is 7.3 Will the high TA reduce the effectiveness of Kem-Tek Metal & Calcium Eliminator?
I have a plaster pool and it is a long story, but to keep it short I have struggled to maintain good chemical balance due to me traveling and my wife...
Hey,I was spreading some Ironite fertilizer on my lawn today and was real careful to not get any in the pool... I failed. I just realized that 2 iron...
Glad to find such an informative site, im hoping to find some info on how best to deal with metals and removing them and their stains from my pool...
I have used the vitamin c approach outlined here at the pool forum previously with great success... this year the stains have returned for the third...
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