These are the chemicals you will need for your pool:
- Salt or chlorine.
- Alkalinity.
- Calcium Increaser – used after a significant hurricane or storm.
- Phosphate Remover – to only use if phosphate levels have increased.
- Shock.
- Muriatic Acid.
- Cyanuric Acid – used after a significant hurricane or storm.
Correspondingly, should I run my pool pump during a storm?
Running your pool pump during a lightning or electrical storm should be avoided as a power surge or nearby lightning strike could damage your pump. However running your pump during is beneficial. The extra filtering will help clean out the impurities rain has introduced into your pool’s water.
You want your water at the ready to fight off new bacteria introduced by the rain—and this will minimize the work it’ll take to restore your water later. Again, you need to know about the weather ahead of time: as always, you should only add pool shock at dusk or night.
Beside above, how do you drain a pool after heavy rain?
Will rain water make my pool cloudy?
Rainwater can make your swimming pool cloudy in a hurry.
Does rain cause algae in pool?
While the rain itself doesn’t generally harm your pool, it can dilute the carefully balanced chemistry in the water. This can alter your pH levels and dilute the chlorine or other sanitizers, allowing algae or other contaminants to gain a foothold.
Does rainwater affect pool water?
Rainfall dilutes pool chemistry levels and lowers the readings for pH, alkalinity, hardness, stabilizer, and chlorine. Rainfall does not contain chlorine. As well, rainfall brings with it small amounts of contaminants that are washed into the pool.