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

I was filling my pool with city water. My son put well water in to do it faster. I went to shut water last night and of course only shut the city...

Helping son close his pool which is inground vinyl liner for first time. Pool is Salt System , 27000 gals, DE filter with a heater . Readings PH 7.5 ...

Last week in Pa the leaves are falling and temps are dropping so activity is less as swimming is about over . Open today for 1st time is 4 days and...

Had some work done on a chimney near the inground pool where they were grinding mortar joints and scrubbing with steel wool . Today noticed metal...

Can leaves stain a vinyl liner? We always open to leaves in the pool since we have so many trees. However this year I can’t get a light lime...

Can I use muriatic acid for high alkalinity with the permasalt system?

Hi All, New to the forum. Tried searching but looks like I need to make a post first. We put in a new 27' above ground this spring, the same...

Hi! This is my first post here. I’ve gotten a lot of great tips that have helped us in our transition to taking care of our pool ourselves. We...

I am contemplating a water change to reduce excessive CYA levels and also remove iron stains from the sides of my fiberglass pool. I've read the...

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...

Greetings from South Texas! Had a fiberglass pool installed less than a year ago and I am very happy with the results. Water chemistry is on...

I have a mystery that needs solving. One of my three pool steps (the middle one) is a tannish color, while the other two are the normal white. There...

It's been many years since I've needed to post...due solely to the sage advice of those in this forum. Thank you for giving me the knowledge that has...

Yes I was Pool Stored Talked into trying ristine Blue as part of the install of a new liner after 30 years of exerience .Thie liner has been in a...

Hello, I had my pool re-plastered last spring with krystal krete product. All went great and looks terrific. All last summer I was fighting PH, as...

TODAY'S NUMBERS: FC 2.0 cc .5 PH 7 ALK 60 CYA 80 Hi, and thank you in advance! The water is not green, but it is very cloudy and I cannot...

I will try to keep this short: 1. I use BBB method, ten years no problem. 2. My gas heater deteriorated and stained my pool. 3. replaced my...

New liner in 22000 in ground pool. Filled with well water. Now green-brown. Would like ti REMOVE iron if possible. No other water source available.

They both seems to be the same.. but not sure which one is better in Amazon.com. Pool is all balanced but brown stains. Use the step stuff works well...

There is Magenta stuff, Purple stuff, Pink stuff and blue.. etc. For copper at 0.2 and mostly everything else is fine with salt at 3400. What would...

Do I use an ascorbic solution as mentioned in here or use a Jack Magic Magenta type of solution and add metal free for a few days.There is a 1.5 ppm...

Seems like Copper is at 0.2. 22,000 gallons, Sand filter. Tested today.. TA 80 PH 7.2 T-Hardness 150 TC 1 TA 140 CYA 20-30

can CuLator be used a saltwater pool. Just had my water checked and the copper level was 0.8 and the iron level was 0.4 If CuLator can't be used...

I have a 10K fiberglass pool that has iron stains. Although Ascorbic acid works great it makes it difficult to manage the chlorine levels (even with...

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...