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Dealt with this extensively when going from my natural waterfall in my pond to a pool. My natural waterfall was great at drowning out street noise. I wanted to create the same effect when installing the pool. After seeing the sheer falls, I knew they would not do the job. I have 5 sheer...

Not too much frost here but the segos in my pics are at least 25 years old. Even if all the fronds fall off they may grow back. I heard of one story of a guy who pulled one out with no fronds and after two seasons on the side of the yard, replanted it in sand and it sprouted enough roots to...

Sego palms. The name is a misnomer as they are cycads not palms and need to be fed differently. They grow slow but also are very hearty for the same reason. I'll get a newer pic sometime as the landscaping has grown in since this pic. 😁 fyi also these segos were replanted from around my pond...

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Outdated cleaner? It's 3 years old. 😁 The cleaner is on the same pump as the skimmers, a valve switches between the two so I wouldn't save a pump. (I have three pumps total).Electricity is a non issue as last year PG&E owed me $30. (Solar) I appreciate the ideas though and I'll look up the...

In guessing the swg helps keep the fc a bit more consistent. I'm trying to decide if I slam again, pull the hose and try a deep clean on it or buy a new hose. Hose is only on its 3rd year though.

My guess is the difference is water temp. You're in OK. I'm in central cali and also have a dark bottom pool. We get the water easily in the 90+ degree for many months. Perfect for algae to grow.

Yup, just takes a bit more acid though. The four firepots have waterfalls too. 😂

FC been at over 6 for easily a week after the slam. Stuff still in the hose but I'm assuming it's now dead algae that is caught in the ridges. Can't take the hose out every day as the connection location requires me to be in the pool. (And I'm not jumping in daily at 5am to put it back in for...

Yes I add it daily or every other day if it drops too much.

Yes I slammed it according to to specs. I'll see how it looks over the next three days as I will have family in the pool alot. I'm hoping the slam cleared up the hose but if not I'll have to slam again but at a higher level I guess.

Yes suction cleaner runs with one of my pumps. Runs every day for 3 hours out of the 7 hour cycle i run in the mornings. Stays in pool 24/7. I leave it in during slam. Yeah I need to update my signature.😄

It really is. Here is the trick all the waterfalls except the main are sheers so the sound is very minimal. On the main waterfall i had them free from the granite edge to break up the water tension. I have three speeds for the main water fall and the max setting will drown out all sound if i...

The vacuum hose is on the robot that sucks up the debris from the bottom of the pool. It is on every day for three hours. Any ideas as to why that is the only area i see an outbreak when I see the few algae patches on the grout too? They seem different but related somehow? Fyi when I do a...

Here is my Fortress of Solitude. :D

I had them build in my planters. One in the front to add color and height and the back ones to break up the waterfalls. (and for a place to replant my sago's which I was not willing to give up) :LOL:

Ok, so third season of the pool. Second year I have had to SLAM the pool due to algae growing in the vacuum hose. Seems strange. Just started the SLAM tonight. Here is what my water reads most of the time: CYA 40 (maybe 50 once in a while but usually around 40) Hardness 350 ALK 85 PH...

I would add the sun deck tile pattern to the individual step edges as well. Looks like each step would get two tiles like the top one . It makes each step edge stand out as the steps under water tend to bleed together. We did it in our pool and my wife loves that she does not stub her toes...

CH goes up over time. Waterfalls can cause splashing which increases evaporation along with kids cannonballing/splashing all which can cause water to splash interior edges causing more evap and calcium staining. As pool water evaporates, the calcium from that water stays in the pool. Then you...

Here is a couple more detail pics. Glass on the steps, and in the waterfall. Also a shot of the granite we used for the waterfall.