Am I on the right track?

[CarlD]

I may take your suggestion Doggie (thank you) and add a floc - I have used them periodically in the past with mixed results... but it may in fact help the process (perhaps I'll buy a skimmer basket sock as well?). Does anyone recommend a specific Floc. I have seen the granular type you pour into your skimmer, the puck type that sit in your skimmer, and also the blue liquid (polysheen or something).

Any recommendations?


Dave

Yes. The ONLY flocculant you should use or need is the same as the only algaecide you should use: Polyquat 60%. It's an excellant floc--and it comes in the same bottle as your algaecide.

Otherwise you should NOT be adding chemicals like flocs, clarifiers, algaecides, phosphate removers and all the other GARBAGE pool stores sell you. It's mostly like using an air freshener on a garbage can--it doesn't make it cleaner.

I do NOT recommend adding ANYTHING as a preventative other than chlorine and polyquat.

When you start adding stuff "just in case" you are asking for trouble.

Remember: only TWO things in pool chemistry really matter--pH and chlorine sanitation. Everything else is to help pH and chlorine do their jobs.