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