Copper 11.8%

[TinFoilHat]

No, it's not a danger to your heath. Just to your pool health by relying on it too much.

 

[dannybye1]

You can win a dozen times at Russian Roulette too, until you don't.

If you don't perfectly balance the copper additions with rain overflow/ draining, and you can't even test it to know how you're doing, it will eventually bite you.

If you maintained a proper CYA/FC level, the water would be stoopid clear with no copper. There is no need to add it.

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As I said there is a lot more to my background story than I have written here. The hint I'll leave I vacation rented my property for a period of time over the past three years. The so called pool guy was an idiot. He drove my CYA over 100. You know what happens then don't you.

 

[PoolStored]

NO ONES HAIR HAS EVER TURNED GREEN IN MY POOL! Again all I used was 24 ounces ... this will last until the fall. Any of you who are using solar covers and keep you pool at 4 plus ... you are making your cover deteriorate much quicker than it should. The blankets are not cheap. MY TWO CENTS

We encourage all our members to learn as much as they can, and use it as they see fit to maintain their pool.

Our objective is to make pool care trouble free. There are many threads here with people fighting copper staining due to the use of copper algaecide, which is not trouble free. That is the simple message.

Here are some resources you can use to make that determination for your pool maintenance.

Recommended Pool Chemicals

Which should I buy? TFP's recommended pool chemicals are cheap, easy, and won't unbalance your pool water.

www.troublefreepool.com

Non-Recommended Pool Chemicals

These pool chemicals should not be added to your pool. Save your money and frustration and avoid these chemicals!

www.troublefreepool.com

Copper in Pool Water - Further Reading

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As to the cover, and FC levels...FC levels up to SLAM level FC based on your CYA are safe for people, pool and equipment. Hypochlorous acid is what is found in bleach/liquid chlorine. The vast majority of the FC is bound to CYA and the HOCl levels, up to slam, are less than .8ppm HOCl...which is about the same as 2 FC with no CYA. EPA allows up to 4 in drinking water (which has no CYA), which is about 1.1ppm HOCl. Proper FC for your CYA will not speed deterioration of a solar cover. The sun will do much more damage.

 

[dannybye1]

When I slammed my pool 2 months ago the help here was great. This time lol for the most part a bunch of know it all's as I am too. Thanks for no one answering ... is the copper in preventative algaecide dangerous? Shut me down or whatever. I'm done here today tonight and for a while. Have a pleasant summer all you experts! LOL

 

[Newdude]

He drove my CYA over 100. You know what happens then don't you.

Are you saying that your FC was too low based upon your CYA level ? Because it is now too. You lose up to 4 ppm a day in sunny FL. Unless adding chlorine to the pool is your day job, you simply can't maintain 1.5 to 3ppm per day.

 

[PoolStored]

is the copper in preventative algaecide dangerous?

Depends on your definition of dangerous. Are there risks? Yes.

Take a spin through this on the risks...

Copper in Pool Water - Further Reading

www.troublefreepool.com

 

[Bperry]

When I slammed my pool 2 months ago the help here was great. This time lol for the most part a bunch of know it all's as I am too. Thanks for no one answering ... is the copper in preventative algaecide dangerous? Shut me down or whatever. I'm done here today tonight and for a while. Have a pleasant summer all you experts! LOL

The algaecide is not dangerous to people per se, just the equipment, but the low chlorine level of 1.5ppm can be. That’s what everyone has been trying to say.