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"And then you conveniently skipped over your recommending Lithium Hypochlorite while ignoring the fact that it is around 6 times more expensive than chlorinating liquid (for the same FC)." First of all, i did not conveniently skip over anything. Lithium is not harmful to a pool, therefore it should be used. I don't really know anything about chlorinating liquid so i can't really argue that, i guess when i think of liquid, i think of bleach, which then YES i am definitely against the use of bleach in a pool because of the harmful effects. and i am not going to apoligize for anything. I am learning new things everyday about pool maintenance but i will definitely not take any advice from someone that feels like they have to demean other people in order for them to prove a point. There are some interesting ideas out there and i'm sure people use things in their pools that have worked for years for them and they never see a problem, until they DO and then they trust the PROFESSIONALS to take care of it, and we do. So i'm pretty confident in what i have been taught and the products that i am selling because my customers have been very pleased all summer long

I am aware that if Calcium Hardness is too low it can cause damage and it can cause damage if it's high, that's why the appropriate range for it to be in is 175-225 ppm. And please don't tell me that i don't know anything about water chemistry. I know enough. Calcium hardness scales, yes. What does scaling do? CORRODES! if the scaling isn't caught in time, it EATS at the metal surfaces and CORRODES! I am not arguing that baking soda is cheaper, i just simply said that the balance pak 100 is not as expensive as people think it is. I don't really think that it's appropriate for you to say "WTF"..come on now, aren't we professionals? hmm... And furthermore..i am not using the "Alex" system to sell chemicals, i use this device because it is very informative for the customers and they find comfort in knowing what their pool is specifically reading at instead of looking at COLORS on a normal test strip. It gives them numbers and they like it. Do i sell everything Alex recommends? No, not everything. Because i am realistic and i know that the average pool owner does not want to spend $100 everytime they walk into my store. So i sell them what they NEED. plain and simple.

Hello All, first let me explain that BioGuard dealers are not just trying to sell chemicals. The testing unit that we use, called "Alex" is designed to be more accurate than home testing devices and has definitely helped to clear up alot of my customer's water. BioGuard sells stabilized chemicals because they last longer in pool water than unstabilized chemicals, which we also do have, called Burn Out 35 and Burn Out 3. Even though these are unstabilized, we still recommend them for opening pools because they are very fast acting. The "Green" problem, most commonly algae, but sometimes could also be copper in the water (usually well water), is very easy to correct with a proper algicide. Algae all 60 is what we would recommend because it is 60% active (stronger than what you can get at supercenters.) Shocking a pool is common when algae is present, however it will take alot more. Some of my customers just use the smart shock because it contains algae killing crystals in it and works as an algicide. However, we would not recommend using an algicide when the PH is high, because it will only work partially. you want to make sure your pool is well balanced before adding shock or algicide because the chemicals will not work to their full potential if it is not. Secondly, the Balance pak 100 is a great product and while baking soda is a very common practice, the "Alex" system will recommend a certain amount to be added of Balance Pak 100, which is not very expensive at all. The balancing chemicals are actually very inexpensive. Whether you want to buy BioGuard chemicals or not, i would still suggest to use a LITHIUM based chemical. Alot of what you see in the supercenters are CALCIUM based, which is very harmful for a pool if the levels exceed 225 ppm. Take the popular HTH brand for example: it is 54% calcium, which is why it is alot less expensive than bioguard, because calcium is a cheap filler. Calcium corrodes pools is the levels get too high and can cause major problems and sometimes the customer even has to do a partial, if not full, drain. I've seen many customers that had been using HTH for 10+ years and their pool would not get clear, keep in mind, their calcium level was 395. No chemical out there can bring down the calcium level so you must do a partial drain because all that calcium is suspended in the water with nowhere to go. LITHIUM based chemicals, like BioGuard are a little bit more expensive BUT they are MORE concentrated so you will in turn be using less. I am a BioGuard dealer and I am not trying to just sell chemicals to my customers. I use the testing machine to correctly analyze a problem and fix it. My customers are so very thankful for our business and our customer service. I apoligize if someone may have had a bad experience in the past with a BioGuard dealer, but the BioGuard chemicals are worth the money. They correct problems very quickly and my customers are very satisfied.