Well Water: Why you DON'T shock BEFORE using Sequestering Agent

[MsSmiley]

That's exactly what ours looked like. Yesterday we emptied it, scrubbed it down then refilled it. Right now there is A LOT of rust settling on the bottom & the top & we keep scrubbing the bottom to get it to come up then we get as much out as we can with the net b/c it's so thick or else the filter gets nasty too quickly. The water right now is actually green - big improvement from nasty brown but we are still working on clearing it up completely for blue water. So what can we do now to get it blue & get the rust out besides what we are doing? The chlorine is high - off the chart & the ph is around 7.2 - 7.3. I don't have other measurements b/c this is all the kit measures.
This is what it looked like before we emptied it


What it looks like now

[mbar]

MsSmiley,
Read through all of the posts, you will need a sequestering agent. Add this to the water, and bring your ph down to 7 - 7.2. Keep your filter running 24/7. It will take some time, but it should clear up. Happy swimming!