Intex Above ground, G.A.M.E Sand Filter, BioGuard Stingy Sticks, and other chemicals

[PoolDoc]

Arg-gh!

Did God make an 11th Commandment this year: "Thou shalt not install an Intex pool unless thou hast foul water drawn from deep with in the bowels of the earth"?

It seems like everyone with an Intex this season ALSO has badly metal contaminated water source . . . and trying to deal with metals when you've got an Intex pool is HARD! My gosh, you can just about build bridges with water containing 80ppm of iron!

OK, for now, get some polyquat algaecide (www.poolsolutions.com/gd/polyquat.html) and use it. You'll probably have to go to a pool store to get it; Walmart and Kmart are now almost exclusively selling 'goop' and 'hobo-soup' chemicals.

In your pool, you need to avoid any sudden rise in pH or large additions of chlorine. The polyquat will help you filter, help you santize, and prevent algae, even if your chlorine is low-ish.

I'll return to this thread later today, but I go run some errands right now.