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Buffer and added hardness do the same thing in a salt water pool as in a fresh water pool. The buffer (sodium bicarbonate aka bicarbonate of soda) stabilizes the pH of your pool so that addition of acid or base doesn't change the pH very much. The hardness, mostly Calcium, helps achieve water balance to make the pool neither deposit (precipitate) excess Calcium Carbonate to your pool surfaces nor corrode (remove) Calcium from your plaster pool surface. The combination of pH, Total Alkalinity (adjusted for Cyanuric Acid), Calcium Hardness, temperature and Total Dissolved Solids determines whether your water is balanced. Just keep these values near their recommended amounts for your pool and you should be fine. If you're a techie and want the full formulas, do a Google search for "Langelier Saturation Index".
What else can I help you with?
Do I adjust the hardness of a saltwater pool if its high?
Probably the least expensive is to replace some or all of the water(dependind on hardness) with fresh.
Does saltwater system require a covered pool?
No, a saltwater pool does not need to be covered.
What Household item to raise hardness in pool water?
Hardness increaser from your pool supply company
Can saltwater pool harm you?
no
Can you attach a saltwater system to a proseries pool?
You can attach saltwater system to non-Intex pro series pool.
Can community pool be saltwater?
no it is v.s. the law saltwater is bad to drink
Will the spray from your saltwater pool cleaner harm your plants?
I don't think there is such a thing as a "SALTWATER POOL CLEANER". You may have a pool cleaning device that works in either a salt pool or a standard no salt pool.
What is a fresh water swimming pool?
A fresh water swimming pool is a swimming pool that does not use a saltwater chlorinator. A pool that used a salt water chlorinator has salt added to it to so that a salt water chlorinator can electronically convert part of the salt into chlorine. A fresh water pool has chlorine added to it directly either manually or Automatically.
Can you get into a pool when the saltwater generator is on?
yes
Why would a saltwater filter swimming pool system say high salt?
Either the to much salt was added or the sensor is out of calibration or bad.
What type of chemical weather is caused when rocks sit in a pool of saltwater?
Solution weathering occurs when rocks sit in a pool of saltwater.
Can you use sodium chloride rather than calcium chloride in fresh water swimming pool for hardness?
No, because it's not the chloride part that's responsible for the hardness, it's the calcium. Sodium chloride is actually used in water softeners, so it's not a great choice if you're looking to increase the hardness. You could use calcium hydroxide, though this will also make the pool more alkaline which may not be ideal.
