Help ME! Brown Water from IRON~

[Chad2358]

I used a milk jug packed tight with quilt batting and poked some holes in the bottom. Connected the return hose from the filter to the jug and propped it up on the ladder. I bought a jug of iron out at Walmart and used about 1/2 a bottle and literally in about 3 or 4 hours the water was crystal clear. Amazing solution for under 20 bucks! Thanks for the suggestion.

[Vhiers]

I had know how to get rid of brown pool water finally and it is a cheep to go to a store a buy 1 bottle of The Works toilet cleaner and put half it in the water and run filter the next day go out it should be light brown make sure you clean the filter and add corline tablets in skimmer it will take about 3 days and it should be clear blue but make sure you clean filter at least 2 times a day and it works. My water was a dark brown after I shock it did the method above for three days and now it is clear blue

[candybar]

Hi Help Me! Brown Water from IRON~ I want to THANK YOU for your suggestion!! I basically did what you said and it worked. We use our well water to fill our pool and the same thing happened to me!! Last year was our first year with the pool and I never got the water crystal clear!!! VERY FRUSTRATING So after a lot of research I found your suggestion this year and it worked. The only thing different I did was I took pillow filler and wrapped the filter for the pump. I was able to put the filter with the filler wrapped around it, into the pump. It took 3 days and the water was crystal clear. Every time I took the pillow filler out of the pump it was filled with the iron. THANK YOU and my kids THANK YOU

[RobinH]

The socks worked! Thank you for the great idea! I put 3 tube socks inside each other, tied them on the end of the hose, and put them on the top step of the ladder - the water went thru the socks, and down the step into the pool. The socks turned brown.

[marac]

I have well water that is very high in iron. To give you an idea of how bad it is when I filled my pool it was at 3.6%. Those of you with high counts know how difficult my job was and I can proudly say I am at 0% today. I wanted to share what I have learned along the way and what end the end worked for me. My pool is 15x 30, 15,000 gallons. I have had both a sand filter and a cartridge filter, sand does a better job at removing metals. Most metal removing products will only lower you by .5-1% per jug so if your count is over .5% might as well toss in 2 jugs and let filter run non stop. If you have a sand filter do not backwash, I know you will read over and over to backwash often but the sand filter does work more effectively if you don't until the pressure is built up because the stuff it is collecting is helping filter the smaller partials out. A cartridge filter clogs so yes it will need to be rinsed daily, me I did 2x a day and what a pain that was, still say the sand filter was my best investment. Keep in mind with a high count there is no overnight fix so it may take a couple of applications of chemicals to get it all out. Real important, do not add chlorine even if you start growing algae resist the urge. The chlorine reduces the effectiveness of the metal removing products. Do raise your ph level to 7.4%, it will make your pool turn color but the metal chemicals work better at that level. Shocking the pool will not make the metal drop to the bottom, that is a myth. I ran my filter 24-7 till it was out but 1/2 the time I put my pool vacuum in so that it filters from the bottom as well. I purchased a pleated filter cartridge that is designed for a whole house filtration system and wedged it in the skimmer, so the water has to pass that before it reaches the sand filter. http://www.walmart.com/ip/3M-Filtrete-P ... r/21609431 It does seem to me more effective than the ones made for pools. Now the 2nd part of the problem, replacing water during this process without putting more metal back into the pool. I purchased a filter made for camping to put on the end of my hose. Walmart carries a filter that goes between the water source and a camper. Do not attach the hose end that comes with it as the spring will rust and leach more metal back into the pool. I wedge that between the pleated filter and the skimmer so all the new water is being filtered as it goes into the pool. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Camco-Water-F ... e/14504321 I put 2 inches of water in my pool today and got it tested, still at 0% iron and 0% copper.

[FREE INFO]

Invest in a better filter DE or cartridge and you will not have to go do this sort of thing anymore. Sand filters are the worst and take forever to fix a pool.

[Guest]

I use iron out in my pool and it's works great! It's not real cheap but you can get it at wal-mart.

[maggiemouse2]

This is our 2nd year of having a 15'ft wide x 4'ft deep Summer Escapes Pool. We live out in the country almost, but we have well water. Last year we filled the pool, and it turned green then brown from the chlorine. We then drained it and refilled it and tried the sock and towel concoction. It worked okay last year.

This is our 2nd year of having an above ground Summer Escapes pool. Again we filled it, and put 3 HTH chlorine tabs in the filter basket, and then went and spent money on a water test, only to be duped into buying a stabilizer from a pool store, and since our water was crystal clear after just filling it, the pool we went home, added the stabilizer, and after about an hour the pool was Green! We went back to the pool store, tested the water, and then was duped into BUYING a gallon jug of Swim Shock, and was told to dump the whole jug into the pool. By the end of the day yesterday (7/7/14), the water went from green, to Lake brown! So back to draining All the water and starting over!

Today, (7/8/14), we woke up to Green water again after having refilled the pool for a 2nd time! So rather than draining and starting over, and not wanting the well to run dry, we researched and found the Super Iron Out. All we did was use about 1 teaspoon and added it to the pool directly, then added about 2 teaspoons to the filter basket, and and used the sock thing, and added polyfill batting inside the sock, with a teaspoon of the iron out. By this afternoon our pool went from Green-Brown with floating Algae (I had added the HTH algae before I found iron out), to Crystal Clear Water. I still have not added chlorine as of yet, maybe I will add some granules, in a few days, but will continue the iron out every now and then to keep our water clear.

Can't wait for next year!

[ZOMBIE]

Get a bucket drill some small holes in the bottom. Stuff and old pillow stuffing(poly fill) in it.
Drill hole in the lid to connect the out flow from your pool pump.( old vacuum plastic wand will help). Connect the hose to the wand and shove the wand into the hole on the lid.
Run the pump until it turns crystal clear. It doesn't matter if the lid leaks a little.

Go to you tube some guy can show you how to make it.

Worked for my pool and it was real simple..... no chemicals needed

[agar]

I have fought with well water turning green to dark brown after chlorination & shocking, MY CASE WAS EXTREME. This year i have finally conquered the beast! (After several years of beating my head against a wall, battling with homemade filters & refusing to use the harsh chemicals that were NEVER designed for swimming etc). Studied up & made a decision to get a sand filter since there are now smaller affordable models. (110$ at Walmart for an Intex 2100 Sand Filter & I DID NOT get the salt system to accompany it) It was the perfect size for my 4,000 gallon pool /9x18' rectangular (since it cycles the water twice within a 6-8 hour span). Filled it and started treating it with chlorine immediately and it turned colors as always... so i just let the pump run for the day & night and within 18 hours the pool was crystal clear! When i backwashed in white buckets to see the residue, it pumped out and estimated 20-30 gallons of opaque coffee looking brown water!

Even when topping it off now with well water every 2 weeks it might turn a light shade of yellow for a couple of hours, but it soon clears up when I let the pump go to work! Brown well water is a summer buzz kill & Just wanted to share my story & Bask in the Victory, Hope it helps you too!

[agar]

Invest in a better filter DE or cartridge and you will not have to go do this sort of thing anymore. Sand filters are the worst and take forever to fix a pool.

This hasn't been my experience, My Sand Filter has been wonderful... just gotta make sure you get a sand filter that adequately cycles your water twice in a 6-8 hour span.

[mdshcfitch]

I have a 20000 gallon above ground pool. I filled it with well water. We had clear water.and I took a sample into the pool center I said my total alkalinity was high and my chlorine was low so I added muriatic acid and shock after I added to shock my pool turned blackish Brown the pool center retested my daughter said my minerals were high so I added some mineral out last night and I woke up today too no change what can I do

[gillescl62]

I know this question has probably been on this forum 50 times, but I am going crazy trying to figure out how to fix this!
We filled our 15" round above-ground pool from our well. I knew that we had iron in our water, but being new to the pool biz, I didn't know that I had to do anything special.
When the pool was full, I tested and all levels were fine except for chlorine, of course.
So I added chlorine, and BAM- water turns instantly coffee brown with creamer!
So, I called the local pool store, they had me put in a bottle of "Pool Magnet" and told me to keep cleaning the filter.
Does anyone know if this will solve my problem? How long will this take? My daughter is just aching to swim in the new pool!
We've been cleaning the filter every 6 hours or so, and it's only lightening a little.
We're in Wisconsin, so I want this to resolve before it snows again, which shouldn't be long!
Thanks in advance for any insight into this problem!
Tammy C