ok, I need a little help here. I am thinking a lot of my pool problem clearing is due to inactive/outdated sand. I just spoke to a friend of the family and he said he went to a pool store and felt the way the pool stores sand felt in his hands, he then went to Home Depot (local home improvement store) and bought 300lbs of beach sand there for his filter. He said he does this every 3 years and it works great and that the expensive sand bought at pool stores is over priced due to the fact that the pool stores are in the business to make money 3 months out of the year. I looked up a few things and I am seeing that beach sand is not the same as the pool store sand because the pool store sand has silica in it. I also read that zeolite filter media is even more expensive than pool store sand but works way better at filtering out chloromines and chlorine bi-products. I'm interested in the zeolite media but not going to entertain the idea since I have a 32,000 gallon money pit in my back yard that I just want to swim in it.. what is your opinion on the beach sand as filter media
Good?
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