Category: Pool Maintenance Guides

A cloudy milky blue swimming pool on a sunny day with a pool vacuum head and hose on the steps and the pump box door open

BY Kwik Pools November 2, 2026 Comments (0)

Pool Flocculant vs Clarifier: Which Clears Cloudy Water Faster

Pool flocculant drops cloudiness to the floor for vacuuming to waste; clarifier helps the filter catch it. When to use each, water loss and safety.

Pool wall with dark green algae spots and a mustard-yellow algae patch being brushed with a long-handled pool brush

BY Kwik Pools November 1, 2026 Comments (0)

Algaecide for Pools: When to Use It and When Not To

Algaecide for pools prevents algae; chlorine kills it. Learn the types, when to dose, black and mustard algae, and how to avoid foam and stains.

A plain white jug of liquid chlorine beside a bucket of chlorine granules and a test kit on pool coping, clear blue pool behind

BY Kwik Pools October 31, 2026 Comments (0)

Chlorine vs Bleach for a Pool: Which Works Better

Chlorine vs bleach for a pool: both are sodium hypochlorite, but strength, side effects and cost per dose differ. A Cape Town guide to dosing.

Pool waterline with white calcium scale crust on blue mosaic tiles and a water test kit on the coping

BY Kwik Pools October 29, 2026 Comments (0)

Calcium Hardness in a Pool: Scale, Etching and How to Fix It

Calcium hardness in a pool explained: ideal ranges by surface, soft Cape Town water and etching, scale, raising it with calcium chloride and lowering it.

A plain unlabelled box of white borax powder and a measuring scoop on stone coping beside a clear blue pool, with a pH test kit and colour vials

BY Kwik Pools October 27, 2026 Comments (0)

Borax in a Pool: What It Does and How Much to Add

Borax in a pool raises pH with little effect on alkalinity and builds borates. Learn how much borax to add, how to dose it safely and what it cannot fix.

A pool technician in gloves and safety glasses slowly pouring diluted liquid from a plastic bucket into the deep end of a clear blue pool with the return jets running

BY Kwik Pools October 26, 2026 Comments (0)

How to Lower pH in a Pool (and Raise It When It Drops)

How to lower pH in a pool with dry acid or pool acid, step by step and safely. Ideal pool pH, why pH goes too high and how to raise pH when it drops.

A cloudy light green swimming pool half way to clear, with a pump running in the pump box and a bucket and long-handled pool brush on the paving

BY Kwik Pools October 24, 2026 Comments (0)

How Much Shock to Add to a Pool (and When to Shock)

How much shock to add to a pool: shock calculator by litres, granular and liquid doses for cloudy, light and dark green water, and when to shock a pool.

Mesh sock filled with white granular pool stabiliser hanging in an open skimmer box

BY Kwik Pools October 23, 2026 Comments (0)

How Much Stabiliser to Add to a Pool (and When It Is Too High)

How much stabiliser to add to a pool: a cyanuric acid calculator, target levels for chlorine and salt pools, how to add it and what to do when it is too high.

A white tub of bicarbonate of soda and a measuring jug on the coping beside a clear blue pool, with a test strip lying next to them

BY Kwik Pools October 22, 2026 Comments (0)

How Much Baking Soda to Add to a Pool to Raise Alkalinity

How much baking soda to add to a pool: an alkalinity calculator by litres, dosing tables, baking soda vs alkalinity increaser and safe steps. Cape Town guide.

Pool water test kit with yellow chlorine vials, a bucket of pool water and a scoop of white chlorine granules at the edge of a blue pool

BY Kwik Pools October 21, 2026 Comments (0)

How Much Chlorine to Add to a Pool: Dosing Calculator

How much chlorine to add to a pool: a calculator by litres, granular and liquid doses, the free chlorine level to aim for and safe dosing steps. Cape Town.

Call Us WhatsApp Free Quote

Kwik Pools