New pool, brown water

[diwilson]

The pool store is out of anything that says anything about sequeserant so they sold me Baauacil brand Flocculant. Do you think this would work? They said dissolve it in water, broadcast , run sand pump for one hour, let set overnight and vaccume to waste. What do ya'll think?

[mbar]

Take it back and get refunded your money. You need something that is specifically for binding with metals to keep them suspended in water. You can find it at a walmart, or lowes, or some hardware store that sells pool chemicals. Or you can order it off the internet. It will usually say stain and scale prevetor, and you will see in the small type that it is a sequestering agent.

[NWMNMom]

Some places carry this as "Metal Myte" or "Iron X" - "Mineral Control", make sure its not the Metal Out just for cleaning household rust stains in sinks, etc, as that will eat holes in your liner and hoses or more. SKIP the one for spas and pools that has "soy protein" for water softening - it will cause a great slimy ooozy mess at the water line, in your hoses and costs more anyways (hubby picked it up by mistake and boy WAS it a mistake!)