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.
12. Bring in a 1 qt. water sample for a complete computerized analysis.
13. USE THE POOL!