Had to install a new liner and filled pool halfway with our wells...one of which is high in iron. I'm having one tanker come in this morning to finish it off so I can start filtering. Simply budgetary reasons for not filling completely with tankers at $325 per load.

The water right now is the green/brown iron nasty color. I ran the water through a homemade filter overnight and I suppose I trapped a fair amount of iron, but I'd have to go much larger scale to make a difference.

So I need a plan of attack now.

27' above ground pool with sand filter and 1hp Hayward pump. The sand was new last year.

From my bucket tests, one fill well was pretty clear and clean and free of metals. The other, however, deposited a large amount of orange dust on the bottom of the bucket after adding bleach and borax. I ran this well through a 5 micron filter and ran the bucket test again and I'd say I reduced the settled iron by at least half. When filling, I also ran this filtered water through a bucket stuffed with cotton towels and holes in the bottom. Hopefully that filtered it even better as a third bucket test showed another significant reduction in iron sediment.

What I have: Lots of 8.25% bleach, enough stabilizer for proper dosage, a few bottles of blue clarifier, and tri-chlor pucks for the in line chlorinator which I haven't used yet..

Initial plan: Find some polyquat ASAP and get it doesed appropriately. This is my number one goal today.

So this is where I become unsure of what to do now. I've been reading threads and stickys for days.

In this form...brown water...I read that this is where it is filterable. Do I not chlorinate and let the filter work? Do I slowly chlorinate and let the filter work? Or do I shock the heck out of it and maintain shock level?

I have some FerriTabs coming early next week. They sounded like a good idea at least.

Put me on the right path, please.