Intex type pool filled with manganese & iron

[PoolDoc]

There is no easy fix, especially for a pool with both manganese and iron in it. Here are your options:

A) - Drain, refill with purchased water (which may still have metals in it, from the truck). If you are metal free, you can go ahead and run a normal BBB pool . . . until you have to add water.

B) - Swim in brown water. Neither manganese or iron are toxic to swim in, or even drink (in moderation. Maintain adequate chlorine levels for sanitation. Use normal BBB methods. Very easy to do, but you won't want to wear any 'nice' swim suits.

C) - Go to the pool store, buy $100 - $300 more chems, mess around for a couple of weeks and then give up.

D) - Try to clean up. If you are able to get the water back to clear green . . . you probably can clean it up, but it will be somewhat labor intensive, and will take about $100 worth of chemicals plus a $60 testkit. Another downside? We haven't fully tested this, because none of the moderators have operated an Intex type pool with well water, and so far, we haven't had a PoolForum user who has followed all the way through on this.

If I seem a little weary of this, I am.

We have had a bunch of Intex-type pool owners with well water this year, and most of them have ended up opting for "E", as in you can choose "A", "B", "C" or "D", but they choose "E", because they don't like A-D, even though there is no "E".

We didn't create the mess you're in, and we can't make it easy for you. And, we can't help you, unless you are ready to face your reality, which is not ideal. Your situation is not your fault, but it's not ours either. We could have made it fairly easy, if you had asked us BEFORE you filled, but that opportunity has come and gone. Now,before we start spending time trying to help you, I want to know that YOU have made a choice and are committed to seeing it through.

We've all gotten sort of tired of trying to help people who, after we've spent hours in some cases trying to help for free, aren't willing to follow through in the end. I hope I don't sound heartless, but the fact is, we can only help you do stuff; we can't do it for you. And if you aren't willing to go the distance, there's no benefit for either of us in wasting time here.

PoolDoc