What does Optimizer Plus do?

BioGuard Optimizer Plus helps the BioGuard brominating, chlorinating or biguanide programs work more efficiently. It buffers and helps keep the water balanced. In addition to creating soft and soothing water, this product helps suppress algae growth and is proven to improve water clarity.

Is Optimizer necessary in pool?

Optimizer increases sanitizer efficiency in all types of pools. It also improves the buffering in pool water making it easier to maintain the proper water balance for the protection of equipment and pool surface. Your pH will be easier to maintain, and your water will have a smooth and gentle feel to it.

What does Optimizer do for a pool?

It buffers and helps keep the water balanced. In addition to creating soft and soothing water, this product helps suppress algae growth and is proven to improve water clarity. It also softens water to skin and eyes. Optimizer is pH neutral in pool water and is not degraded by sunlight.

What does Optimizer Plus do for a hot tub?

SpaGuard’s Optimizer Plus provides soothing comfortable water, enhances water clarity, improves chemical effectiveness, and protects metal surfaces from corrosion. Optimizer Plus is specially formulated to enhance water in hot tubs and spas that use chlorine or bromine.

What are the ingredients in BioGuard Optimizer?

Optimizer contains boric acid, a more pH neutral than other boron-containing products like sodium tetraborate pentahydrate. Since the product does not significantly impact pH, application of other balancers are not required to maintain water balance as part of the initial product application.

Does BioGuard Optimizer raise pH?

Keeps Algae at Bay The leading ingredient in BioGuard® Optimizer Plus, sodium tetraborate, stabilizes your pool water pH levels which means pesky algae cannot process the CO2 it needs to grow.

How do you add a buffer to a pool?

How to use pH Buffer. pH Buffer should be dissolved in a bucket of water and dispersed around the pool or spa. Run the filter whilst adding the pH Buffer to ensure adequate distribution throughout the pool or spa water. Allow 3-4 hours before testing the total alkalinity level again.

What does a balance Pak do for a pool?

Balance Pak® 300 is used to boost calcium hardness in swimming pool water. This product dissolves quickly with less cloudiness. Proper calcium hardness levels prevent corrosion in equipment & pool surfaces. This helps to prevent pool staining, plaster etching or liner wrinkling.

Can you swim after adding buffer?

8) How long after adding chemicals can I swim? Alkalinity Balance, pH up, pH down, Calcium Balance, Water Stabilizer, and clarifier are all swim-safe chemicals. Wait about 20 minutes, and you are free to swim.

Is pool stabilizer the same as buffer?

Cyanuric acid, or CYA as it is commonly called (and also called pool stabilizer, pool conditioner, or chlorine stabilizer), acts as that buffer, protecting your chlorine from those hungry UV rays.

Is baking soda the same as Balance Pak 100?

Balance Pak 100 is just baking soda, so you’d use the same amount.

How soon can I swim after adding balance Pak 100?

about 20 minutes
8) How long after adding chemicals can I swim? Alkalinity Balance, pH up, pH down, Calcium Balance, Water Stabilizer, and clarifier are all swim-safe chemicals. Wait about 20 minutes, and you are free to swim.

Can I put Clorox in my pool?

It is important to know what exactly bleach is before you put it in your pool. Household bleach, Clorox and liquid chlorine can all be used to sanitize a pool. They are all types of chlorine. Household bleaches such as Clorox usually contain about 5-6% available chlorine, about half that of pool liquid chlorine.

What happens if you put too much stabilizer in a pool?

If the stabilizer level is too high in a pool, it will lock the chlorine molecules, rendering them ineffective as a sanitizer. This usually happens as a result of using chlorine tablets that contain cyanuric acid.

Can you put baking soda and chlorine in pool at same time?

Treating a pool requires balancing acidity and alkalinity and sustaining a pH of between 7.2 and 7.8. Along with chlorine, baking soda is an important part of your pool maintenance routine. There are many reasons to use baking soda in your pool to keep your water clean, clear, and safe for swimmers.

Can you shock your pool and add stabilizer at the same time?

It’s also included in chlorine tablets or sticks (called trichlor) or shock (called dichlor). When they’re mixed together in shock or tablets, the resulting product is called stabilized chlorine. Typically, pool owners won’t need to add any extra stabilizer separately if you’re using one of the combination products.