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How do you get rid of green tint in pool, ph is ok , alk. is good, pool is clear, but have a green tint in pool, I also filter 12 to 14 hours a day!

what happens if you don't use a primer before you glue pvc pipe together, will it still hold together?

So I guess I will still need to put a 3 in. chlorine puck into the skimmer?

Thank You for all your help, and knowledge!

Again, that doesn't change anything during the rest of the week. Shocking with chlorine once a week would mostly just oxidize some additional chemicals that perhaps ozone didn't deal with and it would kill pathogens not inhibited by the metal ions, assuming biofilms weren't formed. However, unless the shock level were rather high, the chlorine would likely be gone in a couple of days (if exposed to direct sunlight or if it got used up oxidizing bather waste). And, of course, if you are shocking with chlorine once a week you don't really have a chlorine-free pool, at least part of the time. During the rest of the week when the chlorine was zero, the risk of person-to-person transmission is greater. Again, it's not a terribly unsafe system for residential pools, especially compared to not having metal ions in the pool at all, and it's a spectrum of risk. Just don't use the system thinking you are getting the same level of disinfection as using one of the three EPA-approved sanitizers that provide a residual in the bulk pool water at all times: chlorine, bromine or Baqua/biguanide/PHMB. Thanks for your info, I will let you know how its working for me, in about 6 weeks, when I open my pool. I also see that Disney World use their system.

That doesn't change anything. Neither ozone nor UV provide any residual disinfection in the bulk pool water. So only water that goes through multiple turnovers will get some additional disinfection, but it's very slow because one turnover only touches about 63% of the water, one turnover of water is usually not faster than 3 hours, and it takes 4.6 turnovers of water for 99% to go through the filtration and ozone/UV systems. Bacteria double in population every 15-60 minutes. Also, bacteria in biofilms stuck to pool surfaces don't get circulated at all. One has to have a residual disinfectant and that is the purpose of the metal ions, but they don't kill quickly enough to prevent person-to-person transmission to the degree desired by commercial/public pools (where one person can infect dozens or even hundreds). Maybe thats why they tell you to shock the pool once aweek with a quart of bleach, or chlorine!

This is an ionization system using copper and/or silver ions. These do not kill bacteria nor inactivate viruses quickly enough to prevent person-to-person transmission and therefore is not allowed to be used in commercial/public pools without an EPA-approved sanitizer. There are only three such sanitizers approved for pool use: chlorine, bromine and Baqua/biguanide/PHMB. In spas at high temperatures, silver ions (from Nature2) plus non-chlorine shock (MPS) is also approved. It's a spectrum of risk and a residential pool is at less risk than a commercial/public pool unless you have people over who swim and who are sick. By themselves, the metal ions should prevent uncontrolled bacteria growth for most bacteria. The main con, other than the higher risk of transmission of a pathogen, is staining from the metal ions, especially if the pH rises. The system also has a ozone/ultra violet injector after the filter.

I'm new to this site, my question is if anybody has installed this system, and how do they like it? I installed the system two weeks ago, but can not try it until mid-May because where I live in NJ. Please let me know, pros or cons about this subject! Thanks