New Pool Owner With High Iron Manually Removing Iron

[mbar]

There are some products that claim to turn metals into salts so they can be filtered out, but I don't believe them. There really is no way to get metals out of the water unless you can turn them into something solid and then vacuum them out, and I don't know any way to practically do it. I would love to hear of any way it can be done

[newpoolgirl]

thank you. i am glad i came here because the pool places around me have no clue what to tell me. One said they never heard of chlorine turning water brown and tried to sell other chemicals. This is my first forum and my first pool. i'll try posting a thread. Thanks again.

[Watermom]

One said they never heard of chlorine turning water brown and tried to sell other chemicals

NO!!! I am shocked!!

Glad you found us, newpoolgirl!

[chem geek]

The flocculants help consolidate solid particles that might be too small for the filter to catch, but that does not include metal ions.

As Janet said, the metal sequestrants hold the metal ions into solution, essentially making them so they won't react when the pH rises and won't form solids that can stain. There are some products that claim to remove metals in the filter, but they don't seem to work reliably.