Clinobrite Instructions

How to add Clinobrite to your Pool Filter Tank

Note: The average sized pool filter tank will use 2 x 25kg bags of Clinobrite.

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1. Fill half the filter tank with water.

2. Slowly add Clinobrite to half the tank volume and close the lid.

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3. Backwash for 5 minutes and then rinse for 2 minutes. This removes any fines generated during transport.

4. Top up with Clinobrite to the normal sand level and close the lid.
Repeat step 3: Backwash for 5 minutes and rinse for a further 2 minutes.
Before switching to the filter cycle, do a backwash water clarity check.

How to Regenerate Clinobrite

Unsaturated Clinobrite never stops working. It absorbs ammonia from your pool water on a 24 hour basis. Consequently over time, the Clinobrite will become saturated with ammonia, and needs to be regenerated. A pool should only have to be regenerated every 6 months to a year. The time between regenerations can vary depending on bathing loads. You may have to regenerate more often with higher bathing loads or during frequent thunderstorm activity. Use a good quality ammonia test kit to continuously monitor your pool's ammonia levels.

Regeneration of Clinobrite is an easy process:

  1. Switch off your filter pump.
  2. Unscrew the lid of your filter tank.
  3. Drain the water completely from your filter tank.
  4. Add a solution of brine (10% salt solution or 1kg rock salt per 10 litres water) over the Clinobrite filter media so that the Clinobrite is fully submerged in the salt solution.
  5. Leave the Clinobrite to soak in the salt solution overnight.
  6. In the morning, screw on the filter tank lid and turn the pump valve to the backwash cycle and backwash for 5 minutes.
  7. Select the rinse cycle for a further 2 minutes.

Your Clinobrite is now fresh and ready for more ammonia removal!

Note:

  1. Instead of regenerating your Clinobrite, you may choose to fully replace it with fresh Clinobrite. Simply spread your old "ammonia-loaded" Clinobrite on your lawn and watch your grass grow! Used Clinobrite acts as the perfect slow release fertilizer for your lawn and flower beds! Best of all, it is completely natural!
  2. A complete change of your Clinobrite filter medium once per year is recommended for high bathing loads. This is because oils, sweat and sun screen lotion build-up can clog the filter medium. These oils do not wash off with simple backwashes.

Good Pool Practise

Keep your pool water level at the middle of the skimmer, or slightly higher. Pool water continuously evapourates and there is a risk of damaging your pool pump if the skimmer goes dry and air gets into the filter and pump.