My pool cleaned up beautifully.

I never thought I would have crystal clear pool water considering I started with muddy rusty water.

My well water is horrible - spent over $5000 on filtration just to get the water useable for the house - just to give you an idea of how bad it is.

When I had about 10 inches of water in the pool you couldn't even see the bottom. I had two pumps running, and used the cotton socks on the water returns. I kept the chlorine at about 3ppm while dealing with the iron.

When I was home and able to, the filters and socks were rinsed or changed out about every 30 mins. I also borrowed a sweeper that attached to the pump and swept the sediment that had fallen to the bottom twice in the first 5 days. The pool was clear enough to swim in on day 5 and crystal clear on about day 9. I've had to add water twice and I follow the same procedure with the socks on the water return and cleaning the filter every 30 minutes. Each time I added about 4 inches of water and on about the 3rd time of changing the socks and rinsing the filter, most of the iron was gone.

Thank you thank you for all of the advice.