can't raise Free Chlorine

[gcipolletti]

The industry expects you to constantly battle alage. It is obsessed with algae control, not algae avoidance. One of the two is a cash cow, and i'll let you make up your own mind if they knowingly make you fail, to then utilize the cash cow. The big players *have* to know what theyre doing, right ? Lol. The little guys just follow the big guys.

Anywho, with algae, phosphates are algae food and everything the manufacture says is true here. They will accelerate your algae problem and the cell wont keep up.

With TFP, free of algae, its like setting up a buffet in the middle of the sahara desert. So what you left food out ? Aint nobody coming to eat it.

A few (and i mean a literal handful) have seen an apparant correlation to phosphates and their cell not producing as expected. Its rare. Its possible for you too, but not likely. Or, its something else smoke screening as the phosphates when it does seem to matter, or take multiple things to line up just so to affect some people and not all. Anywho, its probably not your problem. It also wont hurt anything.

Next time use Orenda or Seaklear.

I am getting the Orenda. Since the pool is perfectly clear I’d rather not have it cloud up, which apparently happens with the Orenda. Reviews of the Phosfree were very positive- do you think this is hype?

I get your point about the feeding, but if it can’t hurt I may as well. Plus if I mess up and end up with some algae I’d rather it go hungry . I’m kinda psyched about having all of my chemistry be nominal for the first time ever!

 

[PoolStored]

Please read this before using phophate removers. If you have a DE or Cartridge filter, I would avoid the phosfree.

Phosphate Removers - Further Reading

www.troublefreepool.com

 

[Newdude]

Reviews of the Phosfree were very positive- do you think this is hype?

Its watered down so it likely creates less science experiment while removing less phosphates. If you need several treatments at the same cost of the good stuff, its not worth it IMO.

 

[chazas]

I get your point about the feeding, but if it can’t hurt I may as well. Plus if I mess up and end up with some algae I’d rather it go hungry . I’m kinda psyched about having all of my chemistry be nominal for the first time ever!

The whole TFP system is designed to avoid adding extraneous things on the theory that “it can’t hurt,” because often they can. I urge you to read and absorb all of the pool school pages. And ignore the noise from other sources.

Three years ago and again this year within a couple of weeks of pool opening I had trouble maintaining chlorine levels with my SWG on. No visible issues. Did an overnight chlorine loss test and failed. The solution was a SLAM - an acronym I’ve found resistance to on, say, Reddit, but it is helpful because it immediately tells you that just a single “shock” is not enough. Within a week my pool was fine, both times.

I haven’t had any visible algae in any of my 3 pools (didn’t have all 3 at the same time) since I first started following TFP’s predecessor site in the early 2000s.