A new instructional videotape-“Tips from the Pros – Pool Care: will answer everything you always wanted to know about your pool maintenance but didn’t know enough to ask.

The 51 minute tape covers ever possible aspect of pool care in depth: how to properly perform tests; choosing pool products; understanding your filtration system; cleaning your pool; caring for a new plaster pool; how to get rid of algae and, most important, safety.

The tape was recognized by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the National Spa and Pool Institute because it’s purely instructional – only generic products are used. According to Anne Force, two years of research with a biochemist at Olin Chemical Corp. yielded some common denominators that apply to every pool regardless of its shape or size.

” ‘Tips from the Pros – Pool Care’ was designed to provide a basic understanding of what happens in your pool,” Force explains. “Best of all, consumers can keep it as a reference library. If they develop a problem with algae, they can advance the tape to the algae section to find out what to do about it.