Your Fish Shouldn't Swim In Chlorine.....

[Lynda B]

The subject matter is chlorine..... that's why I put it where it is..... but thanks for all the interest in where the thread should be.

 

[dthoffsett]

I agree with LyndaB! In said post, I said that I am an eczema sufferer and swimming in a chlorinated pool actually turns my skin into open sores - chlorine = bad news for anybody, fish or human i feel a new campaign coming on

are you sure that you aren't just allergic to chlorine? i know a couple of people with that allergy and they break out into awful sores at the slightest exposure.

You could be allergic, I am. I'm a red-head with fair skin, and as a kid I swam a lot, for about the first 2-3 weeks of summer I'd break out in a bad rash, and sneezed a lot in the pool, try swimming while you're sneezing, it's an aquired art. Anyways, my mom finally took pity on me and took me to the doctor to discover not only am I allergic to chlorine, but the sun as well! In the summer time the sun is closer, and it takes my skin awhile to adjust to it. So every year I break out in a rash. That being said, I still swim in chlorine, but that saltwater suggestion sounds interesting.

 

[Lynda B]

I think having a saltwater pool would be like having a spa in your backyard... I could completely get into that.... especially if it comes with a really cute cabana boy.....

 

[-germ-]

*ahem*
One track mind....

 

[Lynda B]

Yeah, I know, you should be ashamed germ.....

 

[dthoffsett]

B)-->QUOTE(Lynda B @ Jul 17 2007, 12:35 PM) [snapback]1694289[/snapback]
I think having a saltwater pool would be like having a spa in your backyard... I could completely get into that.... especially if it comes with a really cute cabana boy..... [/quote]

I always wanted my own pool boy.

 

[-germ-]

Yeah, I know, you should be ashamed germ.....

Not me... im good!

 

[Lynda B]

guilty by association.....

 

[starrynightxxi]

my highschool had bromine in their pool to counteract chlorine allergies, but I never heard of a saltwater pool... Lets all go marine! or just a nice UV filter... that'd do the trick too...

 

[K.J.]

Would the salt hurt your eyes when you open them underwater? Seems like it would be more expensive also, and let's face it, we can't spend thousands of dollars just because some people don't like chlorine.

 

[ArauraDiscus]

How could bromine counter act chlorine? They are both a halogen, same charges and valence elctrons, I don't see how Cl and Br could make a compund? Or am I wrong lol?

 

[starrynightxxi]

no no no, they used it in place of the chlorine because a lot of people have chlorine allergies.

 

[ArauraDiscus]

Gotchya! Hey maybe they could use Flourine and we could swim and brush our teeth at the same time! Hey I'm patenting that idea.

 

[Amunet]

More and more pool owners are converting to saltwater swimming pools. They are cheaper to maintain and much safer. I have dont lots of swimming in chlorinated pools, saltwater pools, and bacquacil (sp) pools. Nothing is better than saltwater.

*nodnod*
My fiance's uncle has a pool that is saltwater instead of chlorine.
He explained why he did it that way when he first got the pool, but I can't remember the reasoning now heh

 

[starrynightxxi]

Would the salt hurt your eyes when you open them underwater? Seems like it would be more expensive also, and let's face it, we can't spend thousands of dollars just because some people don't like chlorine.

I'm a big baby and won't open my eyes under water anyway. Just thinking about that is making my eyes water -lol- I only looked at one site but it said the amount of salt that is [supposed to be] kept in a saltwater pool is the same as in the human body so it would probably be no different than putting a saline solution in your eyes.