Our company had installed our first Zeobrite sand filters to our clients within a period of a month, a year and a half ago. After that time, simultaneously, problems reared their ugly head. Like many, we felt we have been sold up a creek with this product. To make a long story short, and a make-shift kitchen lab later, it was discovered that the Zeobrite media needs to be cleaned in order to maintain it's peak performance. Ah'ha! So this stuff is not so maintenance free after all. It's the ease of sand filter accompanied by the cleaning maintenance schedule of a DE filter only with no broken grids to to deal with. We were not told about cleaning it, just this was the best thing since sliced bread, better than sand, you're gonna love it now give us your credit card. In a kitchen lab we had to discover going about cleaning it ourselves.
As mentioned above, Zeobrite's pores clog up and when they clog up, the product becomes pretty much useless. Suntan oils, messy oak trees, pool water clarifiers, liquid algaecides or any type of pool water treatments that trap inside the filter will clog up the pores of Zeobrite media, requiring it to be cleaned.
We weren't concerned about the ammonia scavenging properties, our DE and cartridge filters don't do it, so why should we worry about it? I wouldn't be surprised if the Zeobrite literature stated it trapped neutrinos too. Initially, as an experiment, we used liquid chlorine to clean the media. No ill effects, no breakdown of the media were discovered since. We do however use the Zeo Filter cleaner currently as to play it safe. We are very happy with the results, now we have crystal clear Zeobrite pools every time.
So what's the bottom line on Zeobrite? Well, for a moment there, after the emotionally charged outbursts, we were ready to throw it all out and put everyone back on sand. Now that we know how to clean it properly, we continue to use and install Zeobrite on our clients who wish to buy it.
Zeobrite is not a bad product, just like the trophy wife, it just needs a little more maintenance than sand.
As mentioned above, Zeobrite's pores clog up and when they clog up, the product becomes pretty much useless. Suntan oils, messy oak trees, pool water clarifiers, liquid algaecides or any type of pool water treatments that trap inside the filter will clog up the pores of Zeobrite media, requiring it to be cleaned.
We weren't concerned about the ammonia scavenging properties, our DE and cartridge filters don't do it, so why should we worry about it? I wouldn't be surprised if the Zeobrite literature stated it trapped neutrinos too. Initially, as an experiment, we used liquid chlorine to clean the media. No ill effects, no breakdown of the media were discovered since. We do however use the Zeo Filter cleaner currently as to play it safe. We are very happy with the results, now we have crystal clear Zeobrite pools every time.
So what's the bottom line on Zeobrite? Well, for a moment there, after the emotionally charged outbursts, we were ready to throw it all out and put everyone back on sand. Now that we know how to clean it properly, we continue to use and install Zeobrite on our clients who wish to buy it.
Zeobrite is not a bad product, just like the trophy wife, it just needs a little more maintenance than sand.
