ohhh ChemGeek,
This is me, I have their problem too.http://www.troublefreepool.com/viewt...r=asc&start=20 It is like reading my life when i read this thread that you all chimed in on.
I feel so beaten up by this crap. It is such an stupid emotional roller coaster.
I had it all gone. I had it all vac'd up w/ my pool buster, my daughter and i were floating around saying wow look no brown stuff. Then i decided it was time to do some excersizes and did 10 running whirlpool laps around the pool then turned around and did one lap against the force then floated around for 10min or so while the water calmed down. And guess what happened? I looked down-BAM tons of brown dusty powdery crappity crap EVERYWHERE!
EVERYWHERE!!!!!! Just minutes ago before the whirlpool laps there was NONE Zippo Ziltch!
Oh my gosh i wanted to cry. My pool is possesed! It was like someone punched me in the gut. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was everywhere on nearly every seam on the bottom of the liner.

I am going to get a robotic pool cleaner. I think i will get the Robo Kleen.
I can not pool buster for 2 and 3 hours everyday anymore. I have been vac'ing & fighting this stuff for weeks. It's just not right.

When i dive down to get some of this stuff, i try to pintch some between my fingers so i can bring it up and look at it but, you can't- it just turns to smoke, like a cloud, there is nothing there to *pick up*.

oh golly, sorry to melt down here.
Hoffmans