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Many pool owners hear about borates and picture a miracle cure that eliminates algae, slashes chlorine use, and makes every maintenance chore vanish. The truth is more useful and more practical: borates, when used correctly, create a more stable water environment that makes chlorine more effective and pH less jumpy. We focus on boric acid at 50 ppm as the sweet spot for most pools, with compelling reasons to adjust for salt water generators. The nuance matters because wrong product choices or poor pre-balance can cloud water, spike alkalinity, or push the LSI too high. When you treat borates as a tool instead of a cure-all, your pool rewards you with clearer water and fewer surprises. A core concept is chlorine paired with cyanuric acid. Think of CYA as the sunscreen for your sanitizer; too little and sunlight erases your chlorine before it works, too much and chlorine slows to a crawl. A practical rule: maintain free chlorine at about 5 percent of CYA with a hard floor of 2 ppm. That ...