How Do I Get My Pool Clean Again?

Well, our swimming pool keeps going green even when we clean it, we just switched from clorene to a salt-water purifyer system. can any 1 tell me how toget it clean fast and the best way to keep it that way…Thank you very much

Maintaining Your Pool Using A Automatic Pool Cleaner

As a pool owner – or spa pool owner it is important to keep the water clean and healthy and in the right balance.

Swimming water is always infected with a variety of bacteria and most of these bacteria are introduced by bathing humans (and animals) and the debris from particular trees and other plants in the garden.

In addition, pool water gets in contact with thousands of insects, but with the proper water hygiene, this is not a problem.

Did you know the way that:

• Active swimming and play can add up to 1 liter of sweat per hour adult person to the water.
• That 1 ml. saliva can add millions of microorganisms to the water.
• The water in the pool or spa is added thousands of micro-organisms from mucus in the nose.
• Surface wounds and infections can infect the water.
• A dog can add bacteria to the water equivalent to 30 humans.

That is why it is so important that the water in your pool or spa pool is continuously monitored and preferable once a day in periods when the use is very frequent and the water temperature is high. However, this is very simple and you can take advantage of the different kits available in the market. Using a automatic pool cleaner robot, like the Dolphin pool cleaner or similar brands, will greatly improve the water quality. See dealers in “water management” in the Shopping Guide.

Pool Algae Removal

Algae likes the wet environment and with the conditions present in pool water, they can multiply very quickly. For example, heavy rain and many bathers people causes algae to multiply dramatically. However, a properly maintained swimming pool or spa pool, will never seen this. Some algal types cannot be removed by the pool filter and it therefore requires the addition of chemicals (e.g. chlorine) and the right pH balance, to get to grips with these algae. A swimming pool that looks like this is not preferable! Using a automatic pool cleaner robot, like the Dolphin pool cleaner which cleans the pool continuously can greatly reduce the buildup of algae.

How do I get and maintain a good water hygiene?

Chlorine is the most important and active chemical agent used to remove algae and bacteria from your water. It is available mostly as granular, liquid and tablets, in many different variations. The use of chlorine in bath water to disinfect the algae and bacteria from sweat, insects, etc. you can achieve hygienic and inviting pool water. However, when algae attacks are very dramatic, especially from black water algae, as set in the pool bottom and sides, it may be necessary to combine manual pool cleaning with a hard bristled brush to remove algae. Please make sure that any lining should not be damaged from the use of the hard brush. Again an automatic pool cleaner robot, like the Dolphin pool cleaner will be of great help and save you from a lot of work. In the most difficult areas there may be discoloration of the pool sides / lines. Remember that the draining of water from the swimming pool and spa pool must be in drains and not in the garden due to environmental reasons.

But before that chlorine is added, it is essential to check and adjust the waters pH value. The pH scale is from 0 (acid) to 14 (Base) and where 7 is neutral. An optimal pH of pool water is a level of 7.2 to 7.5. PH kits can quickly check the water pH and these kits are available in many variants. If pool water is out of pH balance, it can cause irritation of the eyes and skin, and it also eliminates the effects of chlorine in pool water. Chlorine addition is ineffective if the pH balance is not okay. Moreover, a too high or low pH means that the life of the pump, lines and other pool facilities are shortened significantly due to larger corrosion. It is therefore important to regulate water pH before the addition of chlorine. There are many possibilities to regulate the pH of the water and it depends on which way the pH must be regulated.

NB: Please note that adding chemicals to pool water, including chlorine, may only be done observing the safety instructions in the product manuals. These concerns include that must be respected many (min. 6) hour intervals between addition of ph products and chlorine products to avoid harmful chlorine vapors. See distributors of products to regulate water balance in Chemistry SHOPPING GUIDE.

Is There Organic Cleaner That Works Like Chlorine For A Pool?

I’m looking for something for a pool. I tried to Google it and Yahoo it and it brings up cleaner to kill organic things. It doesn’t work right. Thanks for your time and I hope you can help. Chlorine is horrible for your body and eyes so there has to be something from the Earth that works better.

Unfortunately elizabeth, the salt generator is a chlorine generator. It works by breaking the molecular bond of salt (sodium chloride) and changing the chlorine ion into an active form of chlorine for your water. I’m surprised no one told you this.
As for chemicals for your pool, there are really no alternatives that you can use short of a chlorine generator. Bromine is actually worse for your body than chlorine is, and with proper maintenance and care the chlorine pool is absolutely not harmful to your body at all.

Free chlorine levels of 3ppm are fine for the human body, in fact they are approximately what you can find in chlorinated water. This level will not decolorize your hair, clothing, etc. You can not taste nor smell this amount of chlorine in the water and it will not irritate your eyes, nose, throat, or ears.

The irritants come from combined chlorine. Levels of just .5ppm will cause irritation to mucus membranes of the body and will give off the typical chlorine stink one associates with a pool.
As little as 1/2 gallon of household bleach in 10,000 gallons of pool water is needed to maintain a 5ppm level in the water. This is equivalent to a circular pool 25 feet across and 4 feet deep.

There are other chemicals you can use in your pool that will make you feel better about what you are putting into your swimming water. Arm & Hammer baking soda, 20 Mule Team borax, and liquid household bleach are all you need to use to maintain a vinyl lined pool.

Pool Cleaner Help?

I’ve tried everything to get the cloudiness out of my pool water. I’ve bought several Clarifier’s, Shock Treatments, Algae Cleaners etc. Please someone help me what else can I use that will work?

The problem could be with your filter. See if it is clogged up or anything. You can also use a Filter Aid, that will help the filter pick up more things. As a last resort, you could use a floculant, which will grab small particles that the filter can’t get and drag them to the bottom of the pool which you can easily vaccum. And remember to keep using a weekly shock.

If the pump and filter are in proper working order, then I would investigate the chemistry. There are several things to look for when contending with a green, or cloudy pool. First is water temperature, the sun’s UV’s and warmer water temperature eat up chlorine faster than cool, dark conditions. So you want to make sure you have an adequate amount of stablizer (conditioner) in the pool. It helps the chlorine to last longer. You also want to pay attention to the total dissolved solids (TDS), and the calcium hardness. If those are high, the chlorine wont last very long either. In Arizona, where I live, the water from the tap, already has a high amount of that. If those levels are high, consider replacing the water in the pool.

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