Nasty Circ Pump Filter

[bohms]

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?

 

[Vinny]

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]

Water was OLD....5 months and it was a little low on alkaline....everything else was good.  We use the Bromine tablets.

 

[giraffeattheoasis]

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.

 

[bohms]

giraffe -  I have an Artesian Piper Glen.

 

[hottubdan]

Brown deposits are most likely bromine coming out of solution.  It is brownish in nature.