Once your water is balanced you can keep it in perfect, sparkling condition by following 3 basic steps.

STEP 1: SANITISE: to continuously kill bacteria we recommend the use of a stabilised concentrated chlorine stick such as Smart Sticks. While being stabilised this chlorine has the added benefit of inbuilt clarifiers to keep your pool sparkling. This type of chlorine can be placed in your pools skimmer basket and will dissolve easily (no need to dilute in a bucket of water first). The inbuilt stabiliser means the chlorine will stay in your water longer enabling you to use less chlorine so sanitiser costs are lower. These sticks are added directly to your skimmer box and are slow disolving so you only need 1-2 a week!

STEP 2: REMOVE WASTES: When wastes from things such as cosmetics, perspiration, body oils and sunblock build up in your pool the effectiveness of chlorine is reduced. As these wastes dissolve in the water the filter is unable to remove them. The nitrogen that is in these wastes then attaches itself to your chlorine to form what is known as “chloramines”. These chloramines are ineffective as a sanitiser and are the cause of odour and irritation. They can also cause your pool water to have a dull look. These wastes need to be burnt out of the water through the use of an oxidiser such as Lite. This treatment should be used at least once a fortnight (during summer).

STEP 3: PREVENT ALGAE: By the time you can actually see algae there can be up to 30 million spores in 1 ounce of water! To prevent these spores from becoming visible and taking over your pool a maintenance dose of algaecide such as BackUp II should be used in your pool. Once algae is visible it will continue to multiply rapidly and is time consuming and costly to remove…not to mention unsightly. Preventing algae is a much more cost effective way of treating your pool and will ensure it is always ready to swim in.