The Frog

[cbw]

Hi,

Absolutely new to pools, recently moved to Arizona and were having a house built, also going to have a 20x 34 in-ground pool put in. Presently we are getting quotes and the best one to date is coming from Paddack Pools. They recommended the "frog" system for chlorination & minerals. I read most of the articles i could find on the forum with the word frog in it, and have not been able to draw any conclusions as to how good or bad this system is. Please advise before I purchase.

thanks in advance

Chuck

[polyvue]

Hi,

Absolutely new to pools, recently moved to Arizona and were having a house built, also going to have a 20x 34 in-ground pool put in. Presently we are getting quotes and the best one to date is coming from Paddack Pools. They recommended the "frog" system for chlorination & minerals. I read most of the articles i could find on the forum with the word frog in it, and have not been able to draw any conclusions as to how good or bad this system is. Please advise before I purchase.

thanks in advance

Chuck

I've never used the frog system (we had a SWG installed on our pool) but I've read enough about them to recommend against them. Here are several off-forum threads that may help you with your decision:

http://www.troublefreepool.com/use-of-the-...rog-t11330.html

http://www.troublefreepool.com/pool-frog-q...-use-t9692.html

The next two are obviously from a more partisan perspective, but offer add'l information about this product and other similar alternative sanitizers:

http://www.troublefreepool.com/another-cas...frog-t8038.html

http://www.troublefreepool.com/alternative...ruth-t3025.html

[cbw]

thanks for your input, I'm not sure what to do. I guess i do so more research.

[rbdeli]

I'll give you the same great advice 'chemgeek' gave me on this board last year.

Stay away from any type of chlorine systems that use stabilizer or CYA. I inherited a swimming pool with my house three years ago. Most chlorine pucks add stabilizer to your water. The higher your stabilizer, the higher you need to keep your free chlorine to disinfect. I had a plethora of problems getting my water balanced, but with the help of others on this forum and a really good Pool Testing Kit, I not only educated myself on proper water balance, but ended up with a sparkling pool.

Get the Tayor K-2006 Test Kit.

Look into the Three B's (Beach, Baking Soda and Borax) as your only chemicals you'll ever need.

Or, for that size of a pool look into a Salt Chlorine Generator.

Best of luck

Rob

Hi,

Absolutely new to pools, recently moved to Arizona and were having a house built, also going to have a 20x 34 in-ground pool put in. Presently we are getting quotes and the best one to date is coming from Paddack Pools. They recommended the "frog" system for chlorination & minerals. I read most of the articles i could find on the forum with the word frog in it, and have not been able to draw any conclusions as to how good or bad this system is. Please advise before I purchase.

thanks in advance

Chuck