Brown Sludge Well Water - White Socks and Vitamin C is the answer!

[SMcCann]

Hi Tina. Yes, I know what you mean by "so brown it's almost black", but looking at the pool full of water can be deceiving; it looked so much worse than it was. Yes, it was bad, but not as bad as it looked. A stack of those disposable ZipLoc bowls lets you periodically scoop and compare for progress checks. Just keep them and line them up side by side to see your progress. I stirred the water well with the skimmer pole before I filled my test bowls.

We added AquaChem's Super Water Clarifier. The label reads, "Combines small particles for easy filter removal." We added it twice, as directed, "1 fl oz per 5000 gallons". The Chlorine/Shock reacts with the iron, causing it to "rust" and turn the water brown. The Clarifier clumped the iron so the filter could catch it easier. I inserted the filter into the sock to catch more and rinsed the filters often. It was amazing how much was caught by the sock/filter. In addition, sock attached to the filter outflow fountain to catch what the filter missed.



It just looks better every day! This time las Sunday, I too was looking at a pool full of brown sludge. I thought it was wonderful Monday when I posted my first pictures. Look how much better it is today! I took the photo on the right this morning!!! We are thrilled. We have added no additional chemicals or clarifier. No additional Shock. No additional Vitamin C. We just floated a Chlorine Tab in the filter and I only rinse the filter once a day. I still see "rust particles" when I rinse but they are not visible in the pool.

[tina411]

Darn! I just got back from the store and saw that product...didn't get it though. We are pretty remote here in Paw Paw. It takes an hour to drive to nearest shopping area which is Winchester VA. I will definitely go back into town tomorrow and get this and give it a try. I thought it was to use after the brown was gone and the water looked cloudy. Thank you very much for the name...and the picture is very helpful too.