New to Forum could use a little help

[PoolDoc]

Hi Jkoch;

Have wrestled with pools filled with metal contaminated well water many times. There's no perfect solution.

First, with almost no exceptions, pool products for stains and metal control do NOT remove the metals from the water or the pool. They may temporarily make them disappear, but all the metal is still there.

Second, there are only three places metals in your pool water can go: (1) your filter, (2) your water, OR (3) your pool -- as stains. Obviously, #1 is to be preferred, since that's the only way you can get it OUT of your pool.

Third, if you put metals in your pool, you will have stain problems. Period. If it's only a little metal, especially iron, the problem can be small. Otherwise . . .

Fourth, the only way to really avoid problems with metals in your pool, is to not put them in your pool in the first place.

In a situation like yours there are a few things you can do that will help. For example with iron or manganese, shocking your well (how do you do that??) might leave some of the metals in the well.

But to keep metals out of the pool here's what I'd recommend:

1. Make sure your filter is big enough -- that means bigger than standard for AG pools.
2. Chlorinate with trichlor via the skimmer -- this will tend to oxidize the iron so it will be filtered out.
3. Using cal hypo tabs would be even better (not at the same time as trichlor!!), if you could find any, but . . .
4. Failing that, read this thread: http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showpos...2&postcount=27

Let me know if any of this makes sense.

PoolDoc