New Pool ... green water

[aylad]

HI, and welcome to the forum!

When you have metals in the water, particularly iron or copper, introducing them to high chlorine, high TA and/or high pH will cause the metals to fall out of suspension, creating green, clear water.

Pooldoc, the owner of this site, is working on a sticky created for exactly your situation, which he plans to have posted by tonight. So I'll ask you to check back this evening for a guide for Intex owners with well water that should cover all the bases. In the meantime, I notice your pH is very, very low and needs to come up above 7.0 immediately because you risk damage to your liner with water that is acidic. I would get that pH up using Borax, from the laundry aisle at WalMart. While you're at WalMart I would advise you to pick up the hth 6-way drop kit and use that to test your water. I don't have any confidence in the numbers that you got from the pool store, and even less than that in strip testing. Also, take a few seconds and fill out this form about your pool's information, so we don't waste a lot of time posting back and forth asking basic questions...

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[Watermom]

Here is the sticky that Jan referred to. It is not in its final form yet, but should still be useful to you.

http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...ith-well-water!

Until your registration is complete, you'll have to log out to be able to read it. Actually, that probably means that you won't be able to follow that link. So, instead, log out and then look for the sticky at the top of the "Pool Chemistry for Intex-type pools" section of the forum. The thread you'll want to read is the top one.

Hope this helps!