Brown sediment and Green Water after Metal Treatment

[mariella]

Thanks for the response, Marie!

Before I got your reply, we did vacuum the pool yesterday. We tried traditional vacuuming, but the filter just spit everything back into the pool. (Yes, we did clean the filter first). So, we vacuumed to waste.

Unfortunately, no matter how slowly you move and vacuum, the stuff is so fine, that it clouds up. So, we now have a very cloudy pool again. Fortunately, we did get a lot of nasty, tan, milky-looking water full of crud OUT of the pool, though.

I figure that this will be the process: vacuum, wait for the dust to settle, vacuum, wait again, etc. until we get all of this nasty stuff out of the pool.

My new question: Do you know of anything that will make the stuff settle to the bottom of the pool faster? I am guessing that turning the filter off at night will do this, right? Do you think a flocculant would help, too? Would raising the chlorine to 15ppm help as well?

Oh, by the way, we have a cartridge filter, so I can't put the puck in the skimmer.

I know I should be patient, but our swim season is already half over here in CT, and we haven't been in the pool once!
I don't know who is more impatient, me or my kids

[mbar]

Yes, you can try a flocculant, or even a clarifier. The clarifier will grab onto the small particles and make them clump together more so they can be filtered out. Also a skimmer sock, or the leg of tights really does catch a lot of little particles. I would also take it up to shock for a while, consistant high clorine levels most often is the answer to cleaing up cloudy water.

[mariella]

We did put in a bottle of clarifier this past Monday. Would it screw things up to put more in?

I will definitely bring up the chlorine to shock levels today.

[mbar]

I wouldn't put anymore clarifier in. I would just be very consistant with keeping the chlorine level at shock for a couple of days. You should see your start to improve. If after a couple of days you don't see improvement, then you can use a floc.

[mariella]

Thanks so much Marie! I will follow that course of action, bringing the chlorine up, and turning off the filter at night, and vacuuming. I will let you know how things look in a few days!!

[sw_stupid]

Please keep posting your status. I have the EXACT same problem. "Dirt" settles to the bottom of my pool, but my chemistry seems okay. No algae seems to be growing anywhere so I think it's just sediment too. So, keep posting - I'm kinda following in your lead.

[mariella]

Turning off the filter at night helps ALOT!! All of the stuff does settle down, and we are able to vacuum the stuff out. We have done this twice already, and the water is definitely bluer. We figure 2 more times, and then we will be good.

Only problem is, since we are vacuuming to waste so much, we now have to add water. Which I am terrified to do. I ordered a filter that you attach to your garden hose, which supposedly filters out the iron and copper before it gets to the pool. But this won't be here for at least a week

So, we may just have to bite the bullet, and add the well water again. Of course, I will add the metal out first, and hopefully, we won't start this vicious cycle all over again!