The water must be out of balance to find out exactly what your problem is take a sample of the water to a pool shop for testing and they will advise you as to what the problem is and how to fix it
Are these loose flakes? Could be calcium deposits if attached to pool walls etc. Are you adding proper amounts of muriatic acid? Are you testing your pH? Alkalinity?
Calcium chloride increases the hardness of water. Proper hardness is critical to balancing the water in a pool. Proper hardness is especially important in a plaster pool to prevent leaching of the plaster finish, which results in a rough surface. Calcium chloride can be purchased at home improvement stores at significant savings over pool supply outlets.
Sounds like white water mold to me. Hum, take a sample of the "flakes" and water if possible to local pool store for analyzing. k If you have a Salt Water Chlorinating system and hard water to start with, then what you are seeing is calcium precipitation. Water can only hold a certain amount of dissolved minerals. When sodium is introduced to the water, it displaces the calcium which precipitates in an insoluble form and builds up inside the ion exchanger. The flakes break loose and are introduced to the pool via the water return lines.
No, a saltwater pool does not need to be covered.
If the calcium is a result of pool chemicals, draining some or all of the pool water will lower the calcium hardness level. If the cause is the fill water, commercial hardness reducers or chelating agents will bond with the calcium to keep it trapped in solution.
Once you have a chlorine reading, the use of Cyanuric Acid will help keep the chlorine from letting sunlight dissipate it. Keep in mind that many induced salywater pools manufacture chlorine from electroylsis of the salt water.
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You can attach saltwater system to non-Intex pro series pool.
no it is v.s. the law saltwater is bad to drink
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.
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".
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