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bohms

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Nasty Circ Pump Filter
« on: June 16, 2007, 04:00:45 pm »
Today we decided to dump our water since it wasn't looking so clear anymore.  My husband pulled out the circ pump filter and it had a gritty, brownish substance on the plastic part.  It even looks like something was eating away at the hard plastic.  What are we doing wrong?

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Nasty Circ Pump Filter
« on: June 16, 2007, 04:00:45 pm »

Vinny

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Re: Nasty Circ Pump Filter
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2007, 04:04:00 pm »
How old was the water and what was the water chemistry?

I haven't had any problems with chlorine except when I let the water get away from me then the filter does get yucky!

bohms

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Re: Nasty Circ Pump Filter
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2007, 04:46:48 pm »
Water was OLD....5 months and it was a little low on alkaline....everything else was good.  We use the Bromine tablets.

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Re: Nasty Circ Pump Filter
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2007, 05:52:20 pm »
You have a Hot Spring, right?

Make sure you are rotating the duty on the grey stack.  Give every filter a little time on it so that one doesn't take the brunt of all the water coming through.

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Re: Nasty Circ Pump Filter
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2007, 07:41:39 pm »
giraffe -  I have an Artesian Piper Glen.

hottubdan

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Re: Nasty Circ Pump Filter
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2007, 10:19:22 am »
Brown deposits are most likely bromine coming out of solution.  It is brownish in nature.
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