Top Tips For Your Pool During La Nina Weather

Tip #1: Prepare Your Pool For Rain

Before rain hits, it’s important to balance the pool properly. Consider adding some Vitalyse Poly Plus Algaecide to help fight off many of the organic contaminants the rainwater introduces, making it easier to clean the pool after the rain dissipates.

For more information on how to prepare your swimming pool for storm season, head to our blog here.

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Tip #2: Clean The Pool After Rain

Once the rain has passed, you can begin to clean the pool – but you’ll want to act fast, as if the pool isn’t cleaned and the chemical imbalance isn’t corrected quickly, this can damage pool equipment leading to expensive repairs.

Empty the skimmer and pump baskets and remove large debris and leaves from the water. They will influence the water chemistry of the pool and potentially stain the pool’s surface.

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Test & balance the pool water

Poolwerx provides free water testing in-store. Take a sample of pool water to your local Poolwerx for a free water test where our experts will analyse the results and recommend the best products for your pool.

Handy tip: Always take a water sample at elbow depth to get an accurate water chemistry reading – especially after heavy rain.

For more on how often you should test your pool water, read our blog here.

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Fixing a Brown Pool

Heavy rainfall can lead to water runoff into your pool containing dirt, soil and mud. If your pool is looking brown, add Vitalyse Fast Floc.

This is a fast-acting agent and perfect to use after rainstorms as it binds dirt and mud particles together to the bottom of the pool floor where they can be vacuumed.

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Stop Algae Growing

Leaves, dirt and algae spores delivered into the pool water decompose, causing phosphates to be deposited into the water, which can result in a green pool once the sun comes out – and fast! Ensure you maintain correct chlorine levels as this will not only help keep your pool clean & healthy but will also help to prevent additional water usage and avoid you having to fix issues such as a ‘green pool’. If your pool has turned green after a storm, try using an algaecide, such as the Vitalyse Algae Remover to effectively kill the algae in the pool.

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Prevent Cloudy Pools

Rain can dilute the chlorine, salt or minerals to where you can’t see the pool floor, but
the water is a non-green colour. A quality pool clarifier or shock treatment such as Vitalyse Shock n
Swim will work to catch and group the tiny particles. This makes them easier for the filter to collect
and remove.

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