In the Deep End Blog
The RED-E-2-Swim Blog to keep you up to date on everything pool related - from chemical balancing to maintenance.
Understanding how to properly take care of your pool – or hire someone that WILL properly take care of your pool – is one of the most important things that you can do to increase the life of your plaster, tiles, pool equipment, and mastic and decking. Here we jump In the Deep End and learn about the various aspects of pool maintenance.
In the Deep End Blog

There is a shortage of pool chemicals including Chlorine, Muriatic Acid and stabilizer. • Keep the debris out of your pool by emptying the skimmer baskets daily
• While this shortage persists, we are asking you to purchase a pool RX for your size pool as a preventative measure. Pool Rx has been an effective tool to eliminate algae growth.
• If you are able to get any chlorine products at Costco, Sam’s Club, Walmart, Amazon or any other places that sell Chlorine, we suggest that you do so, as a contingency in the event that we are unable to secure product.

Everyone knows that being Green-friendly is a good thing. Unless you are talking about pool water. Green water means you have an algae invasion. Green algae, Chlorophyta, gives your pool water a greenish tint, can float on the water, but more often sticks to the pool walls and pool floor and can create a slimy residue. Green algae can be the result of poor filtration or unbalanced pool chemicals. There are times that a great deal of rain can cause the pool to become unbalanced chemically and cause algae to form.

Balancing pool water is one of the most important things that you can do for your swimming pool. Properly Ph-balanced water can help increase the life of your plaster, tiles, and pool equipment. It is a critical part of weekly pool maintenance. Understanding water balance can be a very confusing part of pool maintenance for […]
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Red-E-2-Swim is excited to be able to bring laboratory quality water testing, poolside. LaMotte Laboratories has introduced a new device, the Clear360Touch Analyzer that is an automated laboratory grade chemistry water testing devise in a fully mobile application. This device results out 10 tests in less than a minute using carrousels that have the testing […]
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The Cyanuric Acid (CYA) or Stabilizer in your pool at the right concentration helps the chlorine remain available in the pool water to oxidize organic matter, sweat, oils, lotions, decaying matter, as well as sanitize the water by killing harmful bacteria, like e. coli. At too low a concentration of CYA the sunlight burns off […]
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