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Swimming Pool water maintenance tips ? (Beginner)..
We have one of those 900 gallon.. 2.5' deep by 16' wide semi
inflatable swimming pools, with an water filter running (8.5 hours a day after 7pm)... I'm having trouble figuring out the proper chemicals i should be buying.. and what that cost probably is per season. At this point i've bought the shock granuals that come in a bag for $3 and should be applied weekly. The directions call for an entire bag per 11,000 gallons.. Our pool isnt filled to capacity due to slope.. so say it has 650 gallons.. i guess this would imply that each week i should be putting in about 5.9% of the bags contents.. whatever that is in OZ (probably 5.9 of 16 oz) and then teaspoons i guess? Also.. the bag mentions following the 4 step guide.. water balancing, chlorinating (or bromine), shock treatments, and then algae treatments.. Other than this shock treatment.. are the other 3 done only in the beginning of the year.. and what does this imply? Do I simply go stock up on ph balancer (or akalinity), bromine or chlorine, and algae chemicals, then apply these once, followed by weekly shock treatments? At any rate.. so far I've only used the shock treatments.. i had gone like 3 weeks without doing one.. and algae (slimy on the bottom/sides, slightly green) was appearing.. so I used the underwater sucker device and strainer to remove all that i could in general.. then applied the shock.. but even after 20 minutes the water feels very slimy.. i'm worried i may have a mess that cant be fixed... or perhaps i just need the other 3 chemicals.. (I guess if i did bromine i could avoid chlorine.. is chlorine linked to any conditions that should be avoided these days.. seems like you dont see it much, though the shock treatment says it has 45% chlorine in it i think.. i thought the shock was all 4 steps but i'm a bit confused now).. Thanks for any tips.. |
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