algaecide
Your above-ground pool will require daily care in order to prevent algae and other forms of water bacteria from spreading into your pool. The most basic form of pool maintenance is adding cleansing chemicals to your pool that eliminate any and all bacteria, while at the same time remaining safe for human contact and usage. Chlorine or bromine are prime examples, and should be added to the water or chlorine feeder every day to be evenly distributed to the entire pool, and prevent the formation of algae and other bacteria. While chlorine and bromine are the most popular, well-known pool chemicals, there are many other types of chemicals you can use to keep your above-ground pool in the best conditions you can.

Algaecides are specifically designed to eliminate algae from pool water, completely eliminating the traces of algae that chlorine and some automatic pool cleaners cannot detect. Algae will tend to spread in a pool that is not used often, and rarely cleaned. The low circulation of the water leads to stagnation, and algae will begin to grow on top of, and inside, the water. Typically, these outbursts of algae will be in easily recognizable shades of green, yellow, or, worst case scenario, black. This is where algaecides are the only option to save your pool from total infection. Algaecide is a liquid chemical that targets the algae and breaks it up upon contact. Add it directly into the pool water and activate the filter when doing so. The algaecide will dissolve the algae, allowing it to be quickly eliminated by the filter. In extreme cases when algaecides are required, you should run your filter at least 8-10 hours a day to prevent the immediate return of the . It is critical that you (and others) swim in the pool after the algaecide treatment to properly reintroduce circulation to the water.

It is possible to accidentally expose oil and grease to the pool without thinking about doing so. Swimmers of your pool may introduce oil or grease from their bodies, hair, clothes, or swimsuits. It will be easy to notice when this has occurred, as the pool water will either become shiny or cloudy. In these situations, you will require specialty chemicals to purify the water and make it safe to swim in again. Liquid cleaners such as Filter Clean and Super Floc target greases and oils with precision. Anyone can carry out its simple instructions: just pour the required amount of each liquid into your pool water. Super Floc targets the oil and grease particles in the water and drops them to the floor of the pool, allowing your above-ground pool automatic cleaner to easily suck them up. Filter Clean travels into the filter and dissolves the larger particles of oil and grease that block your filter and keep it from removing the foreign particles from the pool itself. Fast Rinse (http://www.groundpools.net/blue-wave¢ç-fast-rinse-1-qt-p-783.html) is a chemical that acts against oil and minerals left behind in spas and above ground pools. The compound comes in a spray bottle; just drain the pool or hot tub, spray the Fast Rinse on the walls and floor, wipe and rinse off the excess residue, and refill the pool. All traces of oil should be gone within seconds. These opponents of oil and grease will get the job done in a flash, but as a pool owner, it might be wise to consider enforcing sanitary precautions for your pool in the future to prevent to prevent oil and grease build-up, such as showering before swimming. All the chemicals listed have limits to how many ounces should be used for sanitation. To start-up the cleaning process in the spring, 32 ounces of each cleaner per 40,000 gallons of pool water is a safe amount to use to clean your pools.

Previously touched upon in this blog are ph increasers and decreasers. If too much or too little chlorine has been added to the pool through the filters or by human error, you may experience skin or eye irritation. The increaser/decreaser granules will raise or lower the pH in your pool to a level that is safe for swimming by you and your friends. All you must do is pour a stabilizing amount of pH increaser or decreaser to one area of the above-ground pool and stir the granules that with a pool pole/brush. Test the pH level of the pool every six hours.

All chemicals mentioned in this article come in various shipping sizes and various forms (like granules or tablets). Consult our main chemicals page for more information and specifics for each chemical. All of us at GroundPools.net wish you a safe time in your above-ground pool.