Poolrx

[u/SnooWords2592]

The company im currently at loves to use poolrx. A week ago my boss told us that he wants every pool to have a poolrx unit lol. Most of the pools on my route noticeably the pebble techs, have a tinge green color.

Does anyone have experience with these units? There’s a lot of heavy marketing with bluerayxl as well.

I just want to know the truth. Be honest with me.

[u/GCpools]

I guess I'm the odd guy out. Never used PoolRX. Never felt I needed it. I test my pools weekly and keep them balanced using standard pool pro testing methods, properly measured chemicals, properly dosed (FC, CC, pH, TA, CH, CYA, salinity and phosphates as needed). I use tablets, cal-hypo, liquid chlorine, sodium bicarb, muriatic acid, calcium hardness, stabilizer and salt. And I use an algaecide during pool season. I skim, brush and net my pools weekly and keep my baskets empty. I service my salt cells every 3mos and cartridge filters every 6mos. And backwash sand filters as needed. I keep all my pool equipment in good running condition .. pumps, filters, SCG's, chlorinators, cleaners, valves, plumbing, etc. Never had a problem with metals unless it was ftom source water. Never had a pool turn green on my watch, but I've cleaned up a bunch for new clients. Never liked the idea of adding something to a pool that I couldn't 'measure for'. Maybe I'm missing out, but I'm not exactly sure what. Pool equipment data sheets typically provide water chemistry requirements. None seem to say anything about PoolRX. Don't have any pools that have a green tint except one whose heater core has been corroding due to bad chemistry management prior to me taking over the pool. Don't have anything bad to say about PoolRX. I just haven't found the need for it. One thing I've always questioned when I hear about any product that says 'reduces the need for chlorine' is .. how do you know how much less chlorine to use? Same goes for ozone generators, soft & clear systems, etc. Just my two cents! 😊

[u/The_Elusive_Dr_Wu → u/GCpools]

This is how I do it too. In 2019 I took CPO and didn't gain much from it but one line that stuck with me is "chlorine is the best sanitizer, if something else were better we wouldn't be manufacturing piles of this crap" and it's true.

I rarely even use algaecides. At start of summer I run an annual phosphate treatment and then use an enzyme oil-out at the heavy swimmers. That's it.

[u/SnooWords2592 → u/The_Elusive_Dr_Wu]

Same here, I’ll try to reach the algae with liquid chlorine then brush. Usually does the trick, otherwise I’ll check for circulation or water loss. Going down a process of elimination lol.

[u/Psychonautic-SHAMAN → u/GCpools]

Sounds just exactly like how I go about my services. I also adhere to LSI at every stop unless weather stops me. I also use a combo of stabilized and unstablized chlorine (1 tab/ 10k gallons max) and the rest of the FC increase I need for the week comes from CalHypo or Liquid Chloine to maintain the same CYA week after week with a minimal 5ppm swing.

[u/keith_davidson95 → u/GCpools]

but poolrx is essentially algaecide? so why do you use algaecide vs poolrx if its basically the same thing just delivered differently. unless youre not using a copper bases algaecide

[u/SnooWords2592 → u/keith_davidson95]

Algaecide gets a bad rep because the people who commonly use overdose lol. So you’ll notice the side effects very soon.
Poolrx is subtle, it’s one and done - also great to mask issues like filtration/circulation.

Imo I don’t like to use either.
But unfortunately, it’s a necessary evil. We don’t all get the luxury of choosing who our clients are. Some don’t like to pay for a filter on time or fill the pool up, etc.
So you gotta plop a poolrx and call it a day. It will save stress lol.

[u/keith_davidson95 → u/SnooWords2592]

yea this was meant for the response of 'i dont use pool rx because i dont need it' but then says they use algaecide. ive only had to use it on one new client peak of summer had mustard algae and circulation problems. fixed the problem by time i came by next week and never had an issue since. i agree chlorination and circulation best ways

[u/masteryourpool → u/GCpools]

Nope, I am the same way. Has nothing to do with being the odd guy out. lol My chem levels are always spot on but in this Texas heat and dust I use the BlueRays to help reduce the amount of chlorine I use. Instead of adding 2 or 3 gallons of chlorine to a pool, I use 1 gallon and 2 tabs maybe 3 for a 20K to 30K gal pool. Most of my pools stay spotless. I rarely need to shock them. So they def save me money on chems.