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To keep these instructions simplified, one can substitute hydrogen peroxide in the
place of bleach. Hydrogen peroxide can be substituted for those choosing to live a totally
chlorine-free lifestyle. (Hydrogen peroxide is available at Whole-Foods in the laundry
section as a bleach alternative). However, please do not be concerned about using bleach.
Remember, we are not using a stabilizer such as cyanuric acid which is necessary to keep
chlorine in the water molecule. Bleach does not remain in the pool as a weak form of
chlorine. Just like the muriatic acid, it is self-sacrificing, and does not remain in your pool
after it finishes doing its job of oxidizing.
Once a week, add one quart of bleach or hydrogen peroxide for each 8,000 gallons
of water in your pool (even if the pool water is perfectly clear). This treatment will prevent
a cloud from forming. Look at the clarity of your pool water often. Any time the water is
not clear, add one quart of bleach for each 8,000 gallons of water.
NOTE: Wait for a minimum of 30 minutes after treating pool before allowing anyone to swim.
When treating your pool, make sure that you are running the pump and recirculating the water.
Pool Filters
Diatomaceous Earth (DE) Filter – This system will filter suspended solids from your water
down to 10 microns. This is very good; however, the DE filter will cause the TDS (total
dissolved solids) to increase. This increase will cause your treatments to work less
effectively and those treatments will take a little longer to take effect.
Zeolite Filter - (also known as Zeosand or Zeobrite) will filter your pool water down to 5
microns, which is even better.
The above two filters use a lot of pool water for backwashing. The backwashing
takes the water that you have been testing and treating out of the pool. This requires you
to refill the pool with untreated water thus changing your water test parameters. Now you
have to do your testing and treatment all over again to attain the previous levels achieved
before the filter was backwashed.
Cartridge Filter - This will filter the pool water to 20 microns and it requires no
backwashing. You simply take the cartridge out and clean it with a sweeper nozzle. The
nozzle is available at any hardware store. You have not changed one gallon of the pool
water chemistry and you do not have to retest and retreat the water.
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