Is there an additive that I can put in my swimming pool which will lessen the occurance of calcium deposits which build up on the electrodes of my salt chlorination unit?
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I say add some good looking hunks playing water volley-ball and see if that helps. Sorry I don't know anything about what you need.
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I’m not sure if I can help since I don’t have a pool but I do have fish tanks that have had similar issues in the passed. Since it is economically illogical to fill your pool with bottled distilled water you could fill your pool with water that has been run through a water softener, also rain water is very low in calcium and other hard minerals. Of course that takes time. I would think that you can balance it out over time by if you leave room for rain water then remove excess and simply dilute the hard water with softer rain water over and over till a desirable level is reached. Also you will need to be aware of the type of rocks possible rain runoff may cross before entering the pool. As far as a chemical additive to remove calcium there are none that I’m aware of.
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My father bought "good bugs" off of the internet. They are supposed to be good bacteria that eat anything that's not supposed to be in the water. We never got to try them though because the cold weather set in. The people selling it said that you didn't even need chemicals, just the good bugs. The bugs are used in sewer plants and ponds and so on and so forth to get rid of build up. We found them by searching on google. We looked up alternatives to chemicals but I think just searching good bugs will get you somewhere.
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If you have a build-up of calcium in your salt cell you need to take it out every couple of months and clean it with muriatic acid 1:2 ratio with water. Also, there are sequestering agents that you can use to reduce your calcium hardness. Go to: http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/calcium-hardness.html for more info
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