Stain slowly increasing over last three years of owning pool

[banjeman]

OK figured out why I wasnt seeing the picture icon. my profile was set to basic messaging. Anyway Jack #1 is iron, cobalt, etching. Hopefully the pictures I took will show up below:
http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/ba.../Pool%20Stains

[banjeman]

Looks like PhotoBucket you have to place them in individual albums for them to show up. Take two if this don't work clicking on the link above will take you to a slideshow of all the pool photos.
Below Image is to show what has happened to the wall, there is another spot on the wall in another location


The below image is of the top step zoomed in.


This is showing staining on a climb out in the deep end.

[PoolDoc]

Definitely, try Vit. C and Iron Out on them.

You may want to look at this post I just made:
http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...778#post118778

[banjeman]

Definitely, try Vit. C and Iron Out on them.

You may want to look at this post I just made:
http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...778#post118778

I find it hard to believe it would be iron, I use city water and in the three years no pool store test has ever showed metals. The thing I wonder is I do get a lot of soil into the pool. Is there a type of staining directly related to always dealing with rain bringing in yard soil? Not sure what Etching is could that be it?

[PoolDoc]

Look in your toilet tank - is IT stained? What color?

(Iron can be present, but not show up on tests, because once it hits the pool, it becomes a stain so quickly. And once it's a stain, it's no longer in the water!)

[banjeman]

In three years I have lived here never lifted the toilet tank (house and pool where built new).

So toilet tank photos:

Toilet Tank at stand still:
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Toilet Tank Flushing:

[PoolDoc]

No metals in your water!!

I should qualify that, after looking more closely. I should have said: "Very low levels of iron in your water!"

Bottom line though, is still the result of testing Vitamin C and Iron Out on stained areas.