Copper Piping Failure

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Sherry, to correct the problem, keep your pH above 7.0 (7.0 is neutral and won't hurt anything) though keeping the water slightly 'basic' (ie 7.2 - 7.8) is prefered. You can raise the alk and pH by adding baking soda (it will raise the alk a good bit and the pH a little) There are some expensive products available from your neighborhood pool store, but I'd suggest using the ones recommended here, that you can buy at the supermarket.
(EDIT) Sherry, mbar, knows more about this than I, but some sort of sequestering agent should keep the liberated copper from staining your pool.

Evan, thanks for the 'back-up', you are a credit to this forum!