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What about the camp of battery powered manual cleaners? I’ve been using a “pool blaster” for 4 years now, and while I do wish I had something automatic, it’s held up fine and doesn’t put all the dirt into the pool filter. I’m using the “catfish Li ultra” model, $135 on Amazon.

24 hours later, FC down to 10, barely 0.5 CC. I think it’s starting to look bluer but I didn’t get to it before it was in the shade.

I covered it last night with a solar cover after vacuuming and testing - at the time I thought to myself, I should check TFP as to whether these covers are a bad idea in general - and I left early this morning without taking a peek. But yesterday it looked slightly better / bluer, certainly...

This season I have not used anything like that, no. Not much city water is typically required anyway, aside from keeping up with evaporation in periods without much rain. I’m unfamiliar with poly fill being used, seems simple enough though.

Ah good to know, I did see that but I’m unsure how exactly I’d rig that up.

True. But this is what I know it’s capable of, so I’m still watchful and working at it.

I added solid/granular via sock in the skimmer. Took a good long time to fully dissolve.

Still not there yet. I might need a good back wash of the sand filter but I just got the CYA up 48 hours ago so I’m a little hesitant on that… maybe worth doing it anyway and catching up on CYA afterwards as needed.

Virtually no loss in FC overnight.

On city water. I’ll go ahead with the SLAM and then see what is lost overnight.

My pool has been open for a couple weeks, it’s clear but has a light tint of green that I would consider not typical of perfection. I’m getting it (and my dirty concrete) up and ready now for the season. The FC bottomed out at zero between my pool tech opening it and me being ready to...

In 2018 I bought a home with my wife, and the home included a small (~10k gal) in-ground fiberglass pool. The pool was built in about 1992, and was neglected for at least 4 years prior to our ownership. Luckily the equipment was all serviceable and a family friend is in the business, and got it...