Re-Learning Pool Care after using an SWCG

[Watermom]

You are welcome. And, you're right about the algaecides often having copper. The only algaecide we recommend is 60% Polyquat.

[PoolDoc]

. . . membership updated.

Bits and pieces:

+ "salt" is just a METHOD of delivering chlorine to your pool. If you had a salt system, you WERE chlorinating your pool. By chance, did you have an ionizer system that was adding copper?

+ Chlorine levels need to be matched to stabilizer levels. The cl-cya page explains more, but "low chlorine" is only a good thing if your stabilizer level is also low. See http://pool9.net/cl-cya/

+ The cornerstone of our approach to pools is the idea that YOU need to accurately measure your pool's chemistry. What people forget is that poolstore's BENEFIT from bad testing, because it leads to dosing errors, which leads to more problems, which leads to more dosing and chemical sales! It's true that a few pool stores do provide accurate AND free testing, but what's also true is that EVERY pool store has a huge financial incentive to provide free testing to seems accurate, but is not!

You need your own kit -- we call test strips 'guess-strips' for a reason: http://pool9.net/tk/

+ You don't need a kit if you are very, very lucky. Extremely luck works better than testing, but we're here to help the pool owners who aren't extremely lucky.