Yellow Staining, Acorbic Acid Works Well, BUT.....

[pilot-werx]

Well after shocking the pool and adding putting tabs in the skimmer, the pool is clear again but the brown is back again...

Can you please give the name of the best metal out product so I can order it?

Regards and thank you ever so much for your help!

Chris

[mbar]

Proteams Metal Magic is good, Jack's Magic is good, Sequasol. Any one that is strong, or super. They are usually $18 - $24. You will notice that as the chorine level comes down and the ph is low (no higher than 7.4) the stains will start to lighten, and adding the sequestering agent should really make them disappear. Let me know how you do

[CarlD]

Glad the cloudiness cleared up.

I sure hope those weren't Tri-Chlor tabs you put in the skimmer! With your CYA of 100, those are the worst things to use as they will send your CYA into even worse zones.

Remember Marie suggesting you drain and refill to reduce CYA? It will be even more necessary! ALL tri-chlor tabs release large amounts of CYA whether they are listed as "stabilized" or not. Don't use them with your current water situation!.

If, however, you used Cal-Hypo tabs (which I highly doubt) and your calcium hardness level is reasonable, then you'd be fine.

[pilot-werx]

Some good news... With the water cleared up, I added 4 pounds of ascorbic acid followed by two bottles of pro team metal magic and so far this is the best it has looked after a week... fingers crossed...