Metal Control

[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.....