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...
Any thoughts on this chlorine free system? Just purchased as part of the pool package and need some feedback. Thanks
Can we use chlorine tablets in a floatng dispenser with a copper ionization unit? My husband actually likes the chloriney-pool smell. Thank you.
We have an above ground pool. It's an 18 by 52. We are on WELL water. We filled it and it was nice and clear. Then I put Shock and Swim in it and its...
After shocking fiberglass pool, general browning of the pool surface occurs. Pool capacity is app. 7000 gallons
Ok, I wanted to start this new thread in this forum, I just finished a 2 month battle turning my green pool into crystal clear water. All of that...
I have had it with Pristine Blue. I switched to this from Bacquasil and it is just as useless. I want to switch to chlorine. Do I need to remove...
First off, thank you to everyone that has made this site possible. I would have been pool stored for sure if it didn't exist. Thank you, thank you....
I've been reading & reading for days and still can't quite figure things out so I'll just ask... We filled a 12' intex pool 3 days ago. Our water...
OK.. Just finished the Ascorbic treatment... Worked as planned.... I have well water and for the past 5-6 years have had issues with metal stains...
I can't seem to get my water blue. the ph is perfect alk is perfect and test show no more signs of metal but the water is still light geen. the water...
I am new to this forum and pool chemistry, so please be patient. I read many postings which are related to copper and iron in this forum, but I...
We recently purchased a foreclosure home that has a beautiful concrete pool. The house had been empty for over 2 years and the pool was a black...
Staining in pool. Used Proteam Metal Magic and this has worked. Proteam is hard to find. Is the Biodex Stain out the same product?
If anyone can point me in the right direction I would soooo much appreciate it. I just bought my first pool in hopes to have it up and running...
Hi, I just noticed that every time I add water to my pool (My Salt chlorine generator was leaking at the connection), I would get some brown or...
I've got round black stains on the bottom that I can't identify and can't get rid of. I recently did the ascorbic acid treatment for metal stains....
Hi - I'm new here :) I've been reading for a few days and I've just tested my CYA level so that I can use the best guess chlorine chart. My...
I bought a new home over the winter and just opened the pool a couple weeks ago to find the once white steps are now yellow due to copper staining. ...
Hello All, I have had my oval 15x24 above-ground pool for 5 years now and I noticed when I closed it in late October early November that it had this...
I inherited a 24 ft AG round pool that hase used Pristine Blue since it was installed in 2007. What do I need to do to get started? I just got a...
Just filled my pool up in the last 12 hours, This morning I noticed a green tint. It is a Gray 14ft by 4ft Intex metal frame, I have had a 15ft...
I have a 41k gunite pool 2 years old. I use a SWCG, have a DE filter, nature 2 fusion soft which I don't use the metals cartridge at all. Pool was...
Does anyone know anything about this product? We had a heavy rain last night and probably got an inch and half in my pool and now my pool walls are...
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...
Thanks to using the BBB method and advice on this forum I was able to maintain clear sparkling water all swim season with 0 combined chlorine ....
(I thought I had posted this earlier today, but it isn't showing up in the forum. My apologies if this ends up being a duplicate post.) My root...
recently i used some big box algaecide , since then right after i add bleach or shock clear water turns green
If I have metal in my rural water and I add chlorine, how long will it take to turn brown? It's kind of cold here, about 50 F, does that affect it?
Hello, I have a customer with a FG pool that has black streaks in both corners of the deep end only. There not very dark and about two feet long....
thanks for the info. on removing stains with ascorbic acid. it worked well. seven and ahalf pounds (80,000 gal. pool) removed all stains from vinyl...
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