It is good to ask, “What pool supplies near me are the most important to have?” Cleaning your pool is much easier with the right chemicals on hand. Here are the most important chemicals that you need to have for your pool in order to keep that beautiful clear blue look going.
Sanitizers
These substances will keep your water disinfected. Most of the sanitizers you will need contain cyanuric acid. This is true whether you are using trichlor, dichlor or bromine. These chemicals will help to keep a balance in the level of chlorine or bromine in your water. You will need to drain and refill your pool if your CYA levels are higher than 50 ppm.
Oxidizers
Oxidizers are your secondary sanitizer. This is something that you will use every couple of weeks in order to kill any bacteria or algae in your water. Some of the most common types include calcium hypchlorite, lithium hypochlorite and potassium monopersulfate. Potassium monopersulfate allows you to swim almost immediately after you apply the treatment.
Water Balancers
Water balance means having a good pH and chlorine level. You must also be sure that the alkalinity is properly maintained. These are things you should test for every few weeks. Use the appropriate product for anything that is out of balance.
Keep a pH increaser and decreaser on hand – granular soda ash and granular sodium bisulfate, respectively. You may also want to keep granular sodium bicarbonate on hand to increase alkalinity when needed, granular calcium chloride to increase the hardness of your calcium, and granular sodium thiosulfate to neutralize chlorine if necessary. There are some combo packs that may allow you to stock up on all of these chemicals in equivalent portions at the same time.
