Here is a hot list of pool chemicals Caribbean Pools. US  recommends to make your life easier.   Shock: 5 bags of vinyl safe shock Algaecide: Copper Sulfate works the best Chlorine Tablets : 1 bucket Liquid chlorine: 5 gallons Chlorine test strips: 1 bottle The shock: is used for when your pool turns cloudy, say for example you took a trip with the family and when you returned you found the pool cloudy, this is typically bacteria multiplying, so when you add the shock it’s a sterilization chemical, this will make your pool clear, if its green at all you have algae as well and all the shock in the world will not clear your pool you need to shock the pool first than put in the algaecide for a double dose. Algaecide: if the pool water turns green you have algae, if the walls turn yellow you have mustard algae if the walls and floor get black spots well than you have black algae. The cure for all this is Copper sulfate. You cannot buy the diluted type that says 20% or 30%, these are for maintenance doses in the hot summer when you know algae is coming. If you have visible algae, it should cost about 25 dollars for 18 ounces. It’s blue or a olive oil color, and when poured into your Caribbean or Hawaiian pool it turns the water into a milky white. Wait one day and brush the algae off the walls and the floor of the pool. You must clean your filter constantly because the algae will clog your filter, it’s supposed to your pool is like a thick soup and you must turn it back into pure water. Run your pool pump nonstop and clean your filter diligently every 5 hours until your pool is crystal clear you may need to brush it a couple more times to remove even the most stubborn algae, your pool should turn back to crystal clear in about three days, you might want to treat it with preventative as discussed above to prevent a future outbreak. Chlorine Tabs:  we recommend a 30 Lb bucket of 3” Individually wrapped chlorine tabs, to be kept with the lid on near your chlorinator. This makes the up keep of your pool a very simple process, never use a floating chlorinator in your pool as it will destroy your liner prematurely. Also never put tablets in your skimmer it will destroy the seals in your expensive pump and filter system. It is recommended that you never, ever throw them in your pool they will eat a whole right through the vinyl. Always use as directed with the automatic chlorinator that was sold with your pool Liquid chlorine: Use sparingly! Little Rachel’s birthday pool party is tomorrow and you let the chlorine tablets run out absentmindedly, now the pool is a little cloudy and the parents are on the way. You can’t use shock because it is too strong and you do not have the time to let it dissipate. Simply add 2 to three gallons in a 9’x18’ and above is all it takes, make sure you use a chlorine test kit to make sure it is at the recommended level. The chlorine test kit: is best bought with the chlorine strip technology simply open the bottle pull out a strip and dip it in the pool compare on the side of the bottle to what are acceptable chlorine levels.        

Caribbean pools can save you a boat load of money, especially if you live on the water, A pool installed on a canal with pilings can run upwards of $38,000 to $45,000 by a reputable local builder. Most pool companies make you sign a general contract with many hidden charges.  Once they submit to building and zoning a grey haired inspector scratches his chin. and decides you need a soil test! Not so bad about $400 later the test is done and you get the shock. Pin pilings! any where from $5000-$10,000. Your under contract, you must pay for these needed extra supports as they are needed, so your fiberglass or concrete pool will not turn into a boat and pop out of the ground. Caribbean pools require no pin pilings or pilings of any sort. Our unique design is exempt from these structural supports. Although completely necessary with shell pools such as  gunite or fiberglass, Vinyl will not crack, where the other construction designs will. Vinyl  is flexible and can move if the earth settles or a flash flood such as cbd products hurricane tries to push it out of the ground. These durable units were created in Broward county and mother nature has tested them thoroughly, approx 13 hurricanes from 1996-2011, our oldest South florida  pool was installed in 1996.

VINYL CARE Chlorination: Vinyl, being a truly organic substance has gone through it many gambits of changes mostly by its forerunner and benefactor DuPont! Gone are the shaky years of ply wood walls and glued seems, to be replaced with aluminum alloy walls and radio frequency welded liner seams. Technology has caught up and has reinvented the wheel and made it learn to fly. The vinyl pools of today require minimal care. Liquid chlorine, those irreverent yellow jugs that ruin your clothes and trunk carpet, are not made for repeated use on this organic finish. They are made to bleach the man made stucco walls of diamond bright. The use of liquid chlorine is too strong and actual takes out the flexibility of your vinyl turning it into something more like plastic.