I've been reading & reading for days and still can't quite figure things out so I'll just ask...

We filled a 12' intex pool 3 days ago. Our water has lots of orange sediment (the house filter clears it most of the time for the house but not the outside hose - actually I filled the last 1/4 of the pool from the house and the load was too much and it was quickly orange also).

We've had it tested several times in the past and they say it has very low iron, but I still assume it is from rusty pipes. ?? So our pool bottom is filled with it. When it settles the pool water looks clear but the bottom of the pool is orange. When the kids play, the whole pool looks green/cloudy as the sediment is dispersed.

We've been running the filter constantly and replacing as it fills with orange sediment (I'm rotating 3 of them - cleaning in the washing machine between uses). We also have been vacuuming it several times a day - the vacuum filter does get orange & we rinse, but I don't think it is really making a dent in it. We're not seeing any improvement really. I was treating this as sediment but now I'm wondering if I should treat it as metal in the water and treat the water somehow. Is this what Polyquat is for? I've been reading about it but unsure.

I've been using a dose of dichlor each night, only once per day because Cl has stayed high 3.0. And I've never added borax or anything else b/c pH has also been high 7.6-7.8.

Any thoughts??