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Above Ground Pool Green Water: Why Filtration Will Not Fix It and How the SLAM Method Does

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Above Ground Pool Green Water

Above ground pool green water is not a filtration problem, it is a chlorine problem, and no amount of extra filter run time fixes it on its own. Green means algae has taken hold because chlorine dropped below the level needed to kill it, and the only reliable fix is the SLAM method: raising free … Read more

Sand Filter vs Cartridge Filter for Above Ground Pool: The Trade-off That Determines Your Weekly Maintenance

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Sand Filter Vs Cartridge Filter Above Ground Pool

Sand and cartridge filters both clean your above ground pool water, but they ask something very different of you week to week. A cartridge filter needs pulling out and hosing down every week or two. A sand filter mostly just sits there until the pressure gauge tells you to backwash it, which takes a few … Read more