Forum: Dealing with Stains & Metals, . . . and 'Minerals' & 'Ions',

Just purchased a newer home, with a pool. Pool is 40k gallons, SWCG, vinyl, and so on. Like most pool noobs, I was OCD about perfect pool chemistry...

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 just filled our pool (using well water) added the chemicals as directed and the water turned horribly brown. Is there a quick/cheap fix for this...

help! i got an 18x48 ag intex pool and ever since the night i filled it up, my water has been rust color. i have tried the sock over the return...

Hi, I'm a newbie posting here, and hoping that some of you wise folk can help me out. I've been reading the forums, and it sounds like you guys give...

Could leaves cause brown stains on the white fiberglass/plactic parts of my inground vinyl pool? Stairs, skimmers etc.. I get alot of leaves in the...

We have a 16x40 fiberglass pool had it covered for the winter when we opened it color was green it is 5 years old we cleaned it cleared the water but...

Noticed the first couple days after my new pool was finally filled a few stains in the pool. After reading this forum I was more concerned and had...

Hi, we have a brown stain around the perimeter of the pool just under the water line and extending for 2-4 inches. Also a little on steps. We...

We have a brown stain on our 10K fiberglass pool that has been there all season. When we opened the pool in the spring, it was a green mess. The...

Have a brown stain that I can remove very easy with Conquest stain remover. All is well until I bring my chlorine level back us. As soon as I can...

We have brown stains that extend 4-6 inches under the water line, are on the steps and also there are some bottom stains. I held two vitamin c...

My fiberglass pool was all brown. I managed to remove all the stains with iron eraser. I have read many posts on this forum and have taken lots of...

Hi new to this but have been fighting stains forever. I have had my well water tested and have received no indications I have metal in the water. Now...

I have a 13000 gal pool and have brown stains on the skimmer. what is wrong?

We have a 22k gallon IG gunite pool with a mineral springs SWC. This is the 2nd year of operation. We opened 2 weeks ago and everything went well,...

Morning! I’ve tried just about everything I can think to get rid of this problem. All around the pool liner, on the walls, starting about 2 feet...

I have a concrete with fiberglass walls pool and in the shallow end on one side there is a 18" strip in the middle of the wall that is a light brown...

Ugh tiny pool, tiny filter, no previous experience. High iron in water, turned brown as soon as shock hit it.

i used 5 bottles of mineral magnet am now running sand filter new to all this

We just put up a new pool this last weekend and after we filled it up and shocked it and chrolene in it the water turned brown. Is there anything...

I purchased an 15' by 48" (4400 gallons) Intex metal frame pool this year and filled it up with well water. It looked ok at first but once it got...

We had high metal levels at the beginning of the season but fixed it with less-iron/iron-out. Since then our gunnite has turned brown/rust colored...

Hello, Newbie to Pool Forum seeking guidance. I have some iron stains left from nails that were on bottom of pool for 2+ years while pool was...

Doing a "Bucket Test" for Metals In a perfect world, you'd always know everything you need to know about your pool. And, you'd know when you...

I'm thinking I need to test since I'm having some slight staining, son threw a battery in pool AND my SWCG has the copper boost which my husband...

I'm helping my brother convert from baq to chlorine (this is the fourth family member I've converted to chlorine since I converted last year..lol),...

I have a 16x32 gunite pool, 6.5ft deep end, 6 years old and converted from chlorine to pentair salt generator 2 years ago. I originally questioned...

There are many recipes on the internet for removing iron stains, most contain the addition of salt, mostly to citric acid/lemon juice. The...