Quote Originally Posted by NWMNMom
Lesson Learned - why you should be sure to properly use sequestering agent BEFORE you shock you pool when freshly filling.




Ugly, isn't it? Yes, we did get it straightened out, but it required a couple of pump/filter setups running 24/7 AND several bottles of sequestering agent.

Some people cannot have water trucked in and have to use a well, but you really need to be sure you take care of the metal issues!
yup, saw my pool do that a couple times last summer (first year blues...or greens). Even after many, many hours spent on this forum I somehow missed the warnings of spectacular reactions you can get shocking well water with iron content. I thought then that I was adding untreated water that was sparking an algae bloom. So I'd shock and filter and brush.

Now I know better and run the hose directly into the skimmer and my DE filter seems to clean it pretty well, without adding too much to the DE load.

C.