How to Start-Up Your Pool for the Season with FROG Pool Tender^®

Opening Your Pool

1. Always balance your water first.
   Keep Total Alkalinity at 80–120 ppm, pH between 7.2 and 7.8 and Total Hardness at 200-400 ppm.
2. Check Stabilizer (Cyanuric Acid) Levels
   Ask your pool dealer to test your stabilizer level. Cyanuric Acid (CYA) helps prevent chlorine from being burned off by the sun. The FROG Pool Tender Chlorine Chamber^® contains CYA. For some pools, this may be enough.
3. Shock the Pool
   Use a chlorine shock treatment to remove contaminants and establish a baseline chlorine level.
4. Insert new FROG Pool Tender Mineral Chamber^®
   This kills bacteria for 6 months.
5. Insert FROG Pool Tender Algaecide
   This self-dispensing algae preventative provides 90 days of algae prevention — guaranteed.
6. Insert the Chlorine Chamber
   Set the dial based on your pool size and pump run time per the chart in your manual.
7. Test for Phosphates
   Phosphates feed algae. If they run high, try FROG^® 90-Day Goodbye Phos^® – a simple Pool Pod you drop in the skimmer for 90 days of protection against phosphate buildup.