Diatomatious Earth Swimming Pool Filters - Amazing Facts

By now you may have already heard of diotomatious earth swimming pool filters and may have a few questions that you need answered. For instance, why are they so efficient at removing the smallest of particulate matter? Also the one big question, what is diatomatious earth and where does it come from?

A Long Long Time Ago

The story of diatomatious earth actually begins eons ago at the dawn of time. Back when the worlds oceans were teaming with one celled microscopic sea creatures called �diatoms�. Diatoms were compised of several types and some types of diatoms contained a microscopic shell much like todays coral.

A White Chalky Substance

This shell, just like the shell on all of todays sea creatures that have them was composed primarily of calcium carbonate, a white, non soluble chalky substance. So as these microscopic diatoms would die off, their shells shells, only the size of a needle tip would sink to the bottom of the ocean.

Many Commercial and Industrial Uses

There they would sit, piling on top of one another until massive deposits were built up. These deposits are now mined today as Diatomatious earth and used in any number of commercial and industrial applications. In fact, the next time you are watching a football game look at he white chalk powder lines on the field and guess what they are made of?

Particles as Small as 5 Microns

Due to their unique biological origins, these tiny sea shells that make up diatomatious earth aren't solid but rather are filled with small passageways that water can flow through. As your pools water flows through these microscopic passageways, particles as small as 5 microns are trapped.

Cheap to Buy

This is what makes diatomatious earth swimming pool filters the best filters available for ridding a pool of extremely small particles. Another thing that makes diatomatious earth a good product to use is that it is very inexpensive.