Regular chemical maintenance of a Soft Swim® or biguanide pool - Soft Swim® Mid-Season Care

1. Clean Filter with Soft Swim® Filter Cleaner.  Filter cleaning should be done about every 6 weeks.  Soft Swim® Filter Cleaner is specifically made to break down the "long string" biguanide molecule.  Typical other filter cleaners are not.

2. Run filter a MINIMUM of 12 hours DAILY. EVERY DAY.  From pool opening to closing.
 
3. Shock the pool with 1 gallon Soft Swim® C Clarifying Shock per 10,000 gallons or any part of 10,000 gallons about every 3 to 4 weeks.  Add an EXTRA bottle of Soft Swim® "C" if pool has not been Shocked in over 3 weeks. If pool water temperature stays warmer that 85°F, Shock pool every 3 Weeks.

4. Mid-Season: Add 1 bottle of Soft Swim® "C" or half dosage into the skimmer (add very slowly, this may cause the pump to become air-bound; bleed the system of any air; do not run the pump dry) to clean the lines.
 
5. Thoroughly BRUSH the pool walls WEEKLY.

6. Remove ladder(s) from pool & clean with BioGuard® Stow Away. Replace in pool after cleaning.

7. Mid-Season: Clean Solar Blanket with BioGuard® Stow Away to remove early algae & mildew growth.

8. Mid-Season: Double regular Soft Swim® "A" dosage.

9. Maintain Soft Swim® "B" level at 35 to no more than 50 ppm.
 
10. Test the pool weekly with Soft Swim® Test Strips.

11.  Adjust pH, Total Alkalinity & Calcium Hardness as necessary.  In certain pools (not all but more than just a few), low total alkalinity CAN cause higher consumption of Soft Swim® B.  Click on the Water Balance area for more details.

11a. Consider using additives such as AquaFinesse Pool Water Care Tablets and Naturally Pure Enzyme Cleaner that remove and prevent the biofilms that contribute to Pink Slime & White Water Mold.

12. Bring in a 1 qt. water sample for a complete computerized analysis.

13. USE THE POOL!

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