What About Salt Water Pools? You’ll still need to blow out your lines, but you’ll also need to remove your salt water chlorinator, drain it, and store it. Flip the circuit breaker and make sure the power and gas to the heater are off. Then, store any controllers, robotic cleaners...
As a general rule of thumb, if your CYA levels are 10% too high, you’ll want to remove and replace about 10% of your pool water. But be aware that cyanuric acid can hang around in your filtration system. So if you have extremely high levels of CYA, you may also want to backwash...
I called API because I also used their bacteria to boost the cycle and while they offered to replace the product they also mentioned the hardness factor which got me to do a bit of research. They are sending me a carbon hardness test kit as well as a coupon for further purchases of the...
Try to reach the breakpoint every time you shock your pool. Not hitting the breakpoint can result in even more chloramines in your pool, and if the chloramine levels continue to rise unchecked, you may eventually have to partially or even fully replace your water to fix the issue. ...