Your questions about salt water swimming pools

Wize Guy answers:

Call the local pool store and tell them this

I have a salt water swimming pool

I am having alge issues and they are getting bad

Do you have any affordable solutions

If not browse google ! They do make it I am positive

Wize Guy answers:

It’s not really new, it just being marketed better the last few years.
In a nut shell a salt water pool has a salinity of between 2500- 3200 ppm. Hardly enough to be able to taste the salt in the water. Contrary to popular belief, you won’t float higher than in a traditionally sanitized pool. The salt level just isn’t high enough.
The salt’s job is to turn into a sanitizer.
The pool water is pumped through the filtration system and heater. It then gets to the salt generator sensors and the actual cell that does the work. The salt in the water is turned into chlorine as it passes plates in the cell by electrolysis. Yep, chlorine is actually a type of salt. This then goes out to the pool and does the job of sanitizing. When it’s oxidized an organic, it turns back to normal salt again and the entire process gets repeated.
These systems are actually pretty popular in new pool construction these days with about 40% of residential pools putting them in. They make the water a little softer and tend not to be so harsh on some people’s skin and eyes as a traditionally sanitized pool. They can also be a heck of a lot cheaper to run than traditional methods although their initial cost is high it can usually be re couped in chemical savings after 3 years or so.
Here’s a link with some detailed information. http://phoenix.about.com/cs/wet/a/saltpool01.htm
and a link to a popular residential brand
http://www.haywardcanada.com/inground/products/controls/Aqua_Rite_Electronic_Chlorine_Generator.cfm

Wize Guy answers:

no, thats supposed to be the beauty of salt water systems, they dont require any chemicals. just salt

Wize Guy answers:

It is possible to have a salt water swimming pool, I have seen a number of these. The pools I have seen have all been outdoor pools, however. It would be difficult to keep salt water fish in the same pool you intend to swim in, though, for several reasons. First, the fish require a different temperature than is normally comfortable for people to swim in. Second, the fish constantly defecate, so keeping the bacterial count down in the pool would be problematic. Third, it would be traumatic for the fish to be in an enclosed area with people swimming and jumping into the water near them. There is a large salt water snorkeling pool with salt water fish in it at Typhoon Lagoon in Orlando, Florida, you might get more information from them. I am pretty sure that their pool cost millions of dollars to set up and to maintain!

Wize Guy answers:

Salt water. I have a really bad skin and salt water really helps, and chlorine just makes my skin ache and really dry. And I’m also allergic to it so I keep sneezing xD