Bromine Chemistry Question

[Watermom]

I'll let Ben tell you if he wants you to do something with his phosphate project. All of your numbers look pretty good.

Regarding your signature, if you click on the link in my signature, you'll be able to edit it to show the correct volume.

[FormerBromineUser]

Thanks especially for taking a look at my numbers, Watermom! I tried to use YOUR signature also, and it still won't let me edit. I get the error message:
Your signature contains too many lines and must be shortened. You may only have up to 3 line(s). Long text may have been implicitly wrapped, causing it to be counted as multiple lines.

[Watermom]

Well, shorten it a bit. It would be better if it was shorter anyways --- less to read. When we glance at signatures, it helps if it is concise and only the most necessary info in there.

OR, are you saying you can't do any editing at all --- not even to delete part of it?

[PoolDoc]

It looks like everything is OK. Unless you want to pursue using a PO4 remover now, I don't see a reason to do so.

But . . . it looks like I'm going to be putting together a 'winterizing kit' containing PO4 remover + a clarifier, with the intention of selling it to up to 100 in-ground pool owners who want to avoid spring-time slime. I hope to make an announcement about this by mid-August.

[JimK]

It looks like everything is OK. Unless you want to pursue using a PO4 remover now, I don't see a reason to do so.

But . . . it looks like I'm going to be putting together a 'winterizing kit' containing PO4 remover + a clarifier, with the intention of selling it to up to 100 in-ground pool owners who want to avoid spring-time slime. I hope to make an announcement about this by mid-August.

Interesting.....up until last winter I used a kit that contained a PO4 remover (it's designed for pools with mesh winter covers). Last winter I didn't use the PO4 remover based on what I'd been reading here about phosphates not being an issue when when properly chlorinated. Maybe I'll go back to using a PO4 remover at winter closing?

[PoolDoc]

Again, using a PO4 remover ONLY has value if you take the PO4 level down to a measured 125 ppb (0.125 ppm) level OR LESS. Simply lowering the PO4 from 2,000 ppb to 500 ppb is probably useless. Also low PO4 levels only make it EASIER to kill resistant algae; low PO4 does not kill algae by itself.

If you have been successfully maintaining a clear pool on opening without messing with a PO4 remover, using one probably serves no purpose.

[JimK]

Again, using a PO4 remover ONLY has value if you take the PO4 level down to a measured 125 ppb (0.125 ppm) level OR LESS. Simply lowering the PO4 from 2,000 ppb to 500 ppb is probably useless. Also low PO4 levels only make it EASIER to kill resistant algae; low PO4 does not kill algae by itself.

If you have been successfully maintaining a clear pool on opening without messing with a PO4 remover, using one probably serves no purpose.

Thanks for the clarification.

[FormerBromineUser]

Hey all! Thanks again SO MUCH for all the help you have given me. The pool has been so easy to maintain this year!

I have a question for you. So far this summer I have been able to use rain to fill but now I need to use my well water. It does contain iron and some kind of iron-bacteria that is best observed as a gelatinous, light-orange growth in our toilet tanks.

I usually attach my hose to an inside spigot which has softened water and attach a Hydopure MetalTrap filter to the end of the hose. The softened water doesn't last the whole fill and if time is not an issue, I will add a half hour per day. Otherwise I just go for it.

I am thinking of adding the well water and then switching my sanitizer from bleach to cal-hypo added to my skimmer in the hopes that the iron will catch on the calcium left on the filter. I currently am metal-free.

What do you think?