Plastic jar in pump basket broke

[leofeld]

There was a little plastic jar sitting in my pump basket. The lid had holes in it and it looked like a piece of metal is in it. I was told by a guy who had worked on my pool in the past that it "contains elements that help regulate the chemicals and breaks down algae."
I went to clean out the pump after vacuuming the other day and it appeared to have broken on the bottom edge.
Is this necessary, do I need to replace it?
I don't know if this is a standard piece of equipment because I can't even find any info googling about such a thing.

 

[kul]

Sounds suspicious. Do you have a photo?

 

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

Sounds like PoolRX. It adds copper to your pool. If so, remove it...

Copper in Pool Water - Further Reading

www.troublefreepool.com

 

[leofeld]

Sounds suspicious. Do you have a photo?

 

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

It looks like raw copper. My advice stands. Remove it.

 

[leofeld]

It looks like raw copper. My advice stands. Remove it.

Thank you

 

[kul]

Agree. That’s not doing you any favors.

 

[leofeld]

It looks like raw copper. My advice stands. Remove it.

Did it potentially cause any problems I should address? Or just toss it and forget about it?

 

[SoCalPoolFool]

I've seen this over the years usually its just a cut off piece of copper pipe that doesn't help or hurt anything. If you have a heater it's full of copper pipe anyhow so no harm. Just toss it out and laugh it off.