Metal Control

[zamfam]

I use 3" trichlor tabs in between shocking my pool with bleach. How is this dangerous? Or is it only dangerous if the two come into direct contact full strength?

Also, what do you mean by an 'inline feeder'? Is that something related only to IG pools? (Mine is AG.)

I will also be following your response to the original questions from Sprint54. I just filled my pool with well water this past Saturday which I thought was being conditioned by our water treatment system. Only to find my pool water all reddish-brown after shocking it with bleach. The iron has now been cleared out by my sand filter but the water is now a clear pale green. I'm assuming that could be copper? Or could it just be what's left of the iron?

Thank you,
zamfam

[NWMNMom]

Keep running the filter and it will clear up, ours did that as the iron "waned" and is now crystal clear....did you use any type of sequestering agent?

[zamfam]

Today my pool water looks much better; I think I'm on the right track. I stopped adding chlorine. Put a trichlor tab in the skimmer and ran water through the hose there s-l-o-w-l-y.... Then I backwashed once or twice a day; man that backwashed water was UGLY - dark brownish red! Yuk! But it made me feel good to see it leaving.

No, I did not use any sequestering agent. I thought I'd read before that they really don't take the metal out of your water, just bind it up for a while. Then you have to keep adding the stuff regularly. I was afraid to go there. Could someone please "clarify" this for me. (Ha, ha!)

[NWMNMom]

They do "bind" the metals, but the bound material can be carried out and filtered....

We used it with ours (see picture in previous post), the sludge was carried out, filtered and we do not add it anymore, unless we top off the evaporated or backwashed water loss from the well.....