Metals or Algea?- Please Help

[Armytiger]

Ben,

I followed the steps in the post that you linked by adding one quart of bleach into the skimmer and a quart of "metal free". This is the second quart of "metal free" that I have put in the pool in the past 2 weeks. I put a dose of polyquat into the pool as well.

In the post that you linked you mentioned "There are EXACTLY TWO ways to remove iron from pool -- no more. First, you can get it into a form you can filter out (orange fluff), and then do that. Second, you can turn it into orange, brown, or black STAINS that are stuck to something. The inside of your filter is OK, the inside of the skimmer is not too bad, but the pool surface or your white swim suit is not so good."


Can you please elaborate on the two methods. I would prefer a method the forms a precipitate that I can either filter or vacuum out?


Thanks,

Dale