Hello to all. This looks like a great forum and I am glad I found you guys! I am a new pool owner(since June) and am trying to learn as much as I can about my new toy. I have a 24ft. round AGP with a sand filter. We started out with a copper based treatment(pristine blue) as this was basically what my pool company recommended. I haven't really had any water quality issues thus far with pristine but after researching online and in this forum I have become a little leary of potential problems with it. It does also appear that over time, the product could be a bit more expensive than chlorine(I don't know this for sure). I have had to shock my pool once a week with a chlorine shock to help the pristine out(the liner starts to get a little bit of a slimy feel after about a week). My girlfriend and I both have also gotten ear infections since we got this pool and neither of us have ever had an ear infection from swimming before. What I am really wanting to know is...how do I switch to chlorine, or should I? The prisine HAS kept algae from growing and my water is very clear. I have read alot of threads here on the forum and learned alot about chlorine and the #'s. If/when I switch to chlorine exclusively, how would I do that? Would I need an automatic chlorinator(I don't want to lug a bunch of bleach jugs around). What is the easiest way to use chlorine other than with the Salt system? I have asked a bunch of questions so I'll stop for now but I do have a bunch more questions :-D
Much thanks
Much thanks