When we moved in the new place, we inherited 2 half full cases of powdered shock. They probably panicked when there was only 18 bags left and stocked up.
Why do they even make it? Does the copper do ANYTHING positive? You can’t pay me to buy it again, but I’m just curious why out of all the algaecides out there (yes, I know we only recommend Polyquat lol), whyyyy choose one with copper in it?! Do folks see it on the shelves and think “hmmmm, adding copper to my water sounds like a brilliant idea!”Why yes, I do use copper algaecide in my pool; how did you know?
It allows the sellers to then sell you a sequestrant.Why do they even make it? Does the copper do ANYTHING positive? You can’t pay me to buy it again, but I’m just curious why out of all the algaecides out there (yes, I know we only recommend Polyquat for closing as extra, optional insurance lol), I just don’t see how people could think “hmmmm, adding copper to my water sounds like a brilliant idea!”
I truly think he wanted me to ruin my Intex pool (or as he called it, my “Walmart pool” lol) so I would buy one of his custom AGPs. Nice try, bucko!It allows the sellers to then sell you a sequestrant.
Copper is a decent algae inhibitor, but easily gets overwhelmed in a bloom and can't keep up. Because of the 'cide' part of the name, it commonly gets reccomended to kill algae, which isn't its thing.
Because it's not called CopperStainMaker9000. It's called Bioguard Banish. (Etc etc) Who doesn't want to banish algae ? Then we can save on chlorine if we don't need it !!!!
Newdude, you have poolstore people???? Doesn't that border on blasphemy?
Keep your friends close, and your pool store people closer...Newdude, you have poolstore people???? Doesn't that border on blasphemy?
Back in the day. They'd have me add copper algecide (banish) and then question why my copper was borderline high. They honestly had no clue. Years later I pointed it out to two of them and a couple weeks later, a fresh batch of 15 year olds had no clue.
OmgI was pool stored when they told me that I will need to buy 61 1lb bags of BioGuard Burnout 3 at $10/bag to essentially do a single SLAM-equivalent procedure. $610 vs $42 it's costing me to get 7 gal of 10% Bleach from Walmart.
That’s somewhere a little south of 140ppm worth of fc! Insane 
Now, that is how you make employee of the month and get your picture on the wall!
Omg
Talk about burnout!! They were trying to burn your pool down!
Wow. $610 would cover the cost of chlorine, gas for the heater, water, pool toys, electricity running the pump, salt, MA, lemonade, BBQ food and suntan lotion for the entire swim season up here. With money to spare for a huge party.
I dunno what sun screen you're buying but $610 is like 6 tubes. And I always lose at least 5.
Here I've heard from a self-claimed "expert" (so not "poolstored" - but more "pool-owner-stored"):I was lucky to find TFP fairly early on. I became suspicious of the pool store on our second trip, when the brand new employee behind the counter had to keep redoing the test because he was clueless. After that, we took a sample across the street to other pool store, where we were given wildly different numbers and a 7 page printout of the various chemicals we needed.
Thanks to TFP, I finally understood why I needed to keep adding acid and figured out why I was holding chlorine with the SWCG. I followed the SLAM and my pool water turned the color I had been expecting, instead of the weird greenish hue that everyone kept saying was fine. Now my water is crystal clear and feels amazing!
On my last trip to a pool store to stock up on acid (they are the cheapest), I overheard the employee telling someone that “chlorine won’t kill algae, it only bleaches it out so you can’t see it. Only algaecide kills algae!“ It was all I could do not to interject!
