TAY-K-1106

Taylor Color Card Comparator Test Kit, Phosphate, Stannous Chloride, 0- ≥1000 or 0-6000 ppb

Remove phosphate and you remove one of algae’s primary food sources. Phosphates enter pool water from the natural environment (lawn runoff, leaves, and seeds are three sources), from municipal water supply lines treated with an orthophosphate corrosion inhibitor, from the chemical breakdown of sweat and urine, from bathing suits washed with certain laundry detergents, and even from some pool chemicals like tile cleaner. Manufacturers of phosphate removers claim algae can begin to thrive above 125 parts per billion of orthophosphate, the form of phosphate that results from the breakdown of more complex phosphorous compounds.

Taylor’s phosphate test kit measures this elementary “free” form. Users match the developed color to a waterproof color chart.