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4-Lbs Clorox Pool&Spa Swimming Pool Chlorine Stabilizer on sale for
$11.99.
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About this Item:
- Prolongs Chlorine Effectiveness: The Chlorine Stabilizer protects your pool's chlorine from the damaging effects of the sun's harsh UV rays, thereby making chlorine last much longer, allowing you to enjoy consistently clean and sanitized pool water.
- Reduces Sun's Impact on Chlorine: This product minimizes the effect of sunlight on chlorine loss, protecting your chlorine from burning off. By using a chlorine stabilizer, you ensure longer-lasting sanitization, reducing the need for frequent product application to your pool.
- Ideal for Salt Pools: Our Chlorine Stabilizer is particularly well-suited for saltwater pools. It offers reliable protection against the corrosive effects of sunlight on chlorine generated by salt cells.
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You shouldn't need clarifier if your chemicals are in line.
You only really need stabilizer at the beginning and maybe middle of the season if you need to bump it up during peak season/sun. It does not evaporate with water so never really leaves or reduces. It does very very slowly break down as well as leaves the pool when people splash etc. but usually not enough to consistently have to add - not really a chemical to stock up on.
^this is the best answer. Stay away from facebook groups for the love of god. You don't need algaecide, clarifiers, green to blues or other magical chemicals. If you follow the above site, there is no need to "Shock" your pool weekly or any of the other crap those groups constantly recommend.
Depending on type of pool (fiberglass, liner, plaster etc) you may need to watch a few other chemicals, but the recommended test kit at TFP will take care of that. Join TFP and ask questions there, never on facebook!
All that said, there shouldn't be much to "stock up" on and I would pour over that site before buying large quantities of anything.
Few extra notes -
Pool stores don't always calibrate their equipment so their tests might not always be as accurate as a good test kit(not the strips).
Pools stores want to make money and most customers want fast results - this is the circle of life of getting "pool stored". Products with "magic" results will usually cause other problems so you'll be back to the store for more quick results and the store is happy to make more money. TFP will keep you sticking to basics and your wallet happy - don't over think and have a little patience sometimes.
Maintaining the pool is a lot easier than fighting it, so keep up on testing, mostly just PH and Chlorine once everything else is good.
I just went another season following TFP and aside from liquid chlorine and muriatic acid, we didn't really add anything else once the pool was open. You could clearly see Roosevelts ass on the back of a dime at the bottom of the deep end all season.
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**Also you will not need this stabilizer (cyanuric acid) in the winter depending on where live of course. If you live somewhere cold during winter switch to chlorine tablets and you can turn the chlorinator off.
You shouldn't need clarifier if your chemicals are in line.
You only really need stabilizer at the beginning and maybe middle of the season if you need to bump it up during peak season/sun. It does not evaporate with water so never really leaves or reduces. It does very very slowly break down as well as leaves the pool when people splash etc. but usually not enough to consistently have to add - not really a chemical to stock up on.
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Depending on type of pool (fiberglass, liner, plaster etc) you may need to watch a few other chemicals, but the recommended test kit at TFP will take care of that. Join TFP and ask questions there, never on facebook!
All that said, there shouldn't be much to "stock up" on and I would pour over that site before buying large quantities of anything.
Few extra notes -
Pool stores don't always calibrate their equipment so their tests might not always be as accurate as a good test kit(not the strips).
Pools stores want to make money and most customers want fast results - this is the circle of life of getting "pool stored". Products with "magic" results will usually cause other problems so you'll be back to the store for more quick results and the store is happy to make more money. TFP will keep you sticking to basics and your wallet happy - don't over think and have a little patience sometimes.
Maintaining the pool is a lot easier than fighting it, so keep up on testing, mostly just PH and Chlorine once everything else is good.
I just went another season following TFP and aside from liquid chlorine and muriatic acid, we didn't really add anything else once the pool was open. You could clearly see Roosevelts ass on the back of a dime at the bottom of the deep end all season.
I had for several months taking pool samples to Leslie's pool supplies. It was a very frustrating experience. They would talk to me about my phosphates being high and what I can do to improve the clarity of the pool, none of which really had any difference. Since buying my own test kit and sticking to liquid chlorine, things have improved exponentially!
Chlorine tablets contain cyanuric acid and decrease the pools pH, while liquid chlorine doesn't contain cyanuric acid and increases the pH
Chlorine tablets contain cyanuric acid and decrease the pools pH, while liquid chlorine doesn't contain cyanuric acid and increases the pH
You can get it for less than $1.50 per pound from local pool/spa supply places if you buy 100 pounds. Keep it tightly shut/sealed, and it will stay good for a long time.
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PRx only works better than chlorine because you weren't maintaining your levels of free chlorine at their effective levels. Were you using an FAS/DPD test or strips for chlorine?
Maintaining - not dosing once a week to "shock" the pool - free chlorine at recommended levels (depending on your CYA levels) will keep algae and bacteria away. Relying on copper will keep you water clear from algae but wont help eliminate bacteria from everyone's sweat, piss and crusty bum holes or whatever other bacteria's may get in the pool from bathing birds etc. Continued use of copper products will result in the need to figure out a way to remove copper as it also doesn't evaporate.
Proper maintenance of a pool will keep it crystal clear and that all starts with a proper test kit.
Anyway, without Pool RX, the pool would be out-of-action for 1.5-2 weeks at a time getting it SLAMMED back to clear levels (twice this summer until we got the Pool RX).
For those worried about your blond family/friends getting green hair from the copper, just tell them its the latest fashion amongst the young peeps
I'll have to watch the copper levels as someone stated earlier, but the Pool RX people seem to claim it'll stop working after 1 season so have to buy $60 product once every spring, which I'm fine with.
I read that it dissolves over time anyway: "Pool Rx is not a product that releases the chemicals over time, it dispenses them into the pool all at once and then dissolves.".
Sue them if its not true heh.
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