Clear Pool after 48 hours of filling

[Watermom]

Congrats!! Thanks for coming back and writing about your success. Not only will it give ideas to others but it will also give hope to somebody who may be struggling with their own well water issue! Dance away!

[kristen]

Thought I'd come back and update the thread. So it seems most of the iron settled on the bottom of the pool, I bought a what seemed like a nice vacuum for the pool, but it broke shortly after starting to use it. So what we did was backwashed the sand filter, boy was that water nasty, then we turned it back on filter again, brushed the heck out of the pool to get the iron back up floating, added chlorine in a floater, filled the pool up some more but this time put a sock stuffed with washcloths on the end of the hose, and today we have NO iron in the pool. So very very happy!

Good luck to everyone fighting iron in their water! It is possible to get rid of it, if I can do it with 80ppm then others can too!

[mbar]

Yeah!, I love this forum!

[kristen]

Well I'm still battling the levels a little bit, but they are getting better with each passing day. I can't say how glad I am that we spent the extra money on getting a sand filter, I've had to backwash it a handful of times now, but it is a breeze to work with and it's doing an amazing job removing the iron.

This forum is a great resource and thank you so much for putting the time into running this. I would have been lost without it

[Watermom]

Good to hear that things are going well and glad that you have been helped by the forum. It IS a great resource and there are lots of us who would be lost without it for all kinds of reasons! Thanks for writing.