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Our pool is surrounded by trees. This time of year, the birch trees that overhand the pool are dropping tiny little seeds into the pool constantly. The bottom of the skimmer basket is coated with seeds by the end of the day, and a lot of them make their way into the pump basket and are difficult...

Is it always wise to get it up to shock level before and after a storm when you are shutting off the pump overnight or for more than 8 hours? Or do I only need to do this because we just had algae? I don’t normally keep chlorine around but I might consider getting some more to keep in the...

Our pool is surrounded by trees and many of them are dropping seeds, catkins, and small leaves into the pool this time of year. Thunderstorms with high winds are expected tonight and tomorrow morning so I’m going to have to turn the pump off so the skimmer doesn’t get clogged and ruin the pump...

We didn’t add anything at closing other than Polyquat. I have been using 10 percent liquid chlorine for the slam. I can’t upload a picture but the water would look clear in a picture. I think it might be a tiny bit cloudy since I can’t see details of leaves on the bottom so I assume I need to...

I’m on day 6 of a SLAM. Water looks clear so I did an OCLT this morning. At midnight TC was 16 and CC was .5. In the morning, TC was 16 and CC was 2. I opened with a CC of .5 so I don’t understand why the CC is going up. I’ve got some birch trees near the pool that are dropping seeds and...