The right filter installation for clear swimming pool water

Do you dream of making your pool water clear? Then a good filter installation is indispensable. You can make green swimming pool water clear with different types of filters. There is such glass filters and cartridge filters, but also chlorine tablets and sand filter pumps. In this blog post we help you choose the right filter installation.

A sand filter or sand filter pump to filter swimming pool water

Sand filters and sand filter pumps often consist of self-priming filter pumps with a pre-filter and a sand filter. The pumps are often compatible with salt treatments. Small, cheaper sand filter pumps like this often consist of self-priming filter pumps with a pre-filter and a sand filter are ideal for above-ground swimming pools. They pump 4 to 6 cubic meters per hour and 15,000 liters of swimming pool water. Larger sand filter pumps like this one Beckne are perfect for large, e.g. public swimming pools.

Clear water with chlorine tablets

Chlorine tablets are important bacteria killers and ensure healthy and clear swimming pool water. The number and weight of the chlorine tablets depend on the amount of water. It is important to know that you should never throw the tablets directly into the water, but that the tablets are placed in the skimmer. There are both chlorine tablets for this jacuzzis if 5-in-1 tablets, of high quality organic chlorine, for swimming pools. Handy is also one chlorine dispenser, a simple and cheap way to dose your chlorine tablets.

Cartridge filters to clean swimming ponds

Cartridge filters sit in pool robots without cable like this van Dolphin, which are typically used for swimming ponds. The filter cartridges collect the dirt that was sucked up by the pool robot. Conveniently, the filters can always be replaced and are easy to remove from the robot. The cartridge filters should therefore be cleaned after every cleaning for a longer life.

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A natural filter system of cartridge filters is the Nature 2 technique, developed by Nature 2 SPA. The cartridge can be placed directly into the spa's filter cartridge. Thanks to minerals zinc and silver on the ceramic balls, the cartridge filter the water in a simple and efficient way. This filter treats a maximum of 4 cubic meters of water.

A good filter installation with a salt water system or salt electrolysis

Salt water electrolysis pumps like the Hayward Aquarite are handy devices for treating your water. You place the saltwater system between your pool pump and the pool water. Then the Aquarite itself controls the salt water electrolysis thanks to the filter time, water temperature, and even controls the water treatment (RX - Chlorine and pH). All this without using pool chlorine or  chlorine tablets. Saltwater systems therefore control and manage the water quality themselves on the basis of saltwater electrolysis and can even be operated remotely via a WIFI signal.

Glass filter as an alternative to the sand filter

The penultimate option for clear pool water is a glass filter like this one Lacron. It works with activated filter glass: ecological and environmentally friendly because it is produced from recycled glass. Thanks to its low dust content, filter glass is the ideal alternative to filter sand. With its top filtration, filter glass significantly removes microorganisms and creates clear water in an instant! Glass filters with filter glass also absorb many positively charged ions and thus trap dirt and floc particles.

Extra filtration with a swimming pool robot

A final additional filter system is the swimming pool robot. These automatic pool vacuum cleaners provide extra circulation and extra filtration. The filter of a pool robot consists of a filter basket, a filter bag or a filter cartridge. So 1 of us pool robots choosing it as an additional filter system is definitely a smart choice.