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    Using a skimmer sock with a SkimPro skimmer basket with a long vented handle in the middle

    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...
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    Preparing pool for a storm when it is surrounded by trees

    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...
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    Pool looks clear but CC is increasing

    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...