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

This is our first year with a pool. We have the intex 18x48 ultra frame. Filled it with our (rusty) well water. Everyone around us said to just...

The fiberglass sides of my steps and swim out are very rusty (orangey). What can I use to clean it?

Me again...we have a 20x40 kidney shape vinyl liner pool. Opening the pool this year I had to add quite a bit of stuff to get it balanced. I use a...

Have this rusty type stain upon opening of pool. tried the magic spong which got 75% off but some remains-. any ideas?? on what it is and how to...

Any advice on Carefree Clearwater ionizer is greatly appreciated! I think they have been in business since 1984. Do you like yours if you have...

Intalled pump and got water circulating a week ago but left winter Loop Lok cover on . Check water and FC was at 9.0 and water looked clear .Have...

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 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 am getting some yellowish and brownish stains on my fiberglass pool. I brushed but they wont lift off and I read if I used "enzyme based pool...

Do these work? Will they cause excess metals in my pool?

Hi! First, thank you so much for all of the info on your website. I feel so much more equipped to deal with our pool than before. I'm in the...

http://nochempoolsaz.com/ Any clue what this magic chemical free system is, how it works, and if it is worthwhile?

Well, I'm glad i found this place. You have already saved me money by pointing me to pick up "chemicals" at WalMart rather than the pool store. ...

I have been using poolrx and it has worked great. No staining are any other side affects. I am just wondering if there are any other like products...

I bought a house with a pool about a year ago. This week, after using shock, ugly stains formed all over the surface. Turns out that, among the dive...

I am new to the forum and hoping you can help me with my pool issue. During an issue of not being able to keep the chlorine level up I took water...

Stains are green, blotchy, smooth to the touch. I have super-chlorinated twice to 30 ppm and brushed. They were not there when I closed my pool...

I too was pool stored. But not too much. Not sure if I had metal or organic stains, but the pool I bought with the house is large in ground, 31,000...

Just bought a house with a pool. Concrete has blotchy brownish stains. Chemistry by Pinch-a-Penny is: TC 5 ppm FC 5 ppm CC 0 ppm pH 7.8 TA...

I have a Laars Pool/Spa heater that is leaking water and has possibly turned the water in my pool blue and stained the pool walls blue. My pool...

We have a 60,000 pool. It has the Carefree Clearwater system. My Alk is at 100, my Ph is at 6.8. I want my Alk at 70, but if I put in acid, that will...

First thank you for this great resource. Like many others I am a HAPPY convert from the test strips and pool stores. For years the pool stores had me...

used ascorbic acid in pool today.how long before I can swim? also what do I do next?

Im a new pool owner and the pool came with a Simple Salt system by Simple Blue with a Black Diamond Hydromatic 120 cartridge filter. I cannot find...

Hi All, First off, thanks, aylad for sharing such detailed instructions for doing an ascorbic acid treatment to clear pools of metals. I...

Had to install a new liner and filled pool halfway with our wells...one of which is high in iron. I'm having one tanker come in this morning to...

Any help with my problem with be greatly appreciated. I have a 24ft above ground non chlorine pool w/sand filter. Instead of chlorine I use a...

Hi, In looking to find temporary help with my pool maintenance, I came across a company I liked that only uses the EZ Pool product and I wanted to...