re: Pool Maintenance

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Can anyone tell me what all goes into DIY?

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troublefreepools is your friend.

i have a liner pool and my ENTIRE chemical plan for each year consists of:
- chlorine (liquid if i can find it or tabs in a pinch)
- arm & hammer baking soda to adjust the pH & alkalinity
- in the spring i add vitamin C (yes, that is correct) to kill all the stains and discolorations


that's it. i do nothing else and dont add any other shite to my water. i like to keep it all natural with simple bleach for sanitizing purposes.

keep an eye on your chemical levels and CYA (there's a little strip at amazon that does a fantastic job in a pinch of giving you all your levels including CYA) and keep the organic crap out of the water.

not hard at all once you get the hang of it.

I wouldnt dream of adding copper or algaecides or any of those 400 other chemicals pool stores hawk to my water.