Category: Algae
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How to Manage Your Swimming Pool When It Rains
While rain can nourish our grass, plants and flowers, it can also harm your outdoor pool water quality if left unmaintained. After all, with heavy rains come potential flooding, muddy water and debris in your pool. Whether you’re being proactive before a rainy spring season or need to recover after an unexpected rain storm, proper…
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How to Prevent and Treat Mustard Algae in Your Pool
While mustard can be the perfect condiment for your hot dog, sandwich or hamburger, you never want to see mustard algae, also known as yellow algae, in your pool or spa. If left untreated mustard algae can wreak havoc on your pool surfaces, equipment and water quality, but luckily it is treatable and preventable. With…
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5 New Year’s Resolutions For Your Pool or Spa in 2023
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Each January brings a fresh start with new possibilities and a renewed focus on improving the quality of your life. You might pledge to save money, spend time with loved ones, or improve your mental and physical health, but have you considered how your pool and/or spa can play a role in your resolutions this…
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Winter is Coming: How to Close Your Pool
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Leaves are changing, temperatures are cooling, and, for certain climates, that means it’s the sad time of year to close your swimming pool. As we reminisce on this year’s pool season and transition into the colder months, it’s time to winterize your pool so it will be prepped and ready for the next pool season.…
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Your Complete Guide: Home Pool Shock 101
To keep your pool clean, safe, and healthy for the best possible swimming experience there are specific tasks that must be completed before diving in. To ensure crisp, freshwater one of those tasks to check off the list is shocking your pool. Shocking your swimming pool or spa has always been good practice for recreational…
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Quick Guide: Your Home Pool Chemistry
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Regardless of the type of sanitation your pool uses, every pool needs regular maintenance to keep the water clean, clear and healthy. Similar to car owners, pool owners must maintain it regularly to prevent expensive repairs in the future. Just like car owners shouldn’t ignore routine oil changes and tire rotations – pool owners shouldn’t…
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How to Install a Clear Comfort AOP Pool System
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Our technology is a new way to treat pool water – so we often get questions about how to install a Clear Comfort AOP pool system. Clear Comfort’s award-winning and patented AOP technology may be a new way of pool sanitation, but installing it is a simple process that can be done by any pool…