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Hoping your thought is right... if not, I'll be back with more questions in a few days when I have time to check it all out again. Thanks all!!

So if it's something more complex than a siphon effect (which I won't know until I refill the lost water and unplug the skimmer) what are other things that could be causing this? I'm hoping that's all it was, but it seems odd that it has never happened before...

Thanks! Would an open/leaking air release valve allow water to drain not just from the filter but to continue pulling from the pool?

Thanks so much! I will give that a try and see if it makes a difference - I thought it was a siphoning effect as well possibly, but just found it odd that it has never happened before. Is there anything else you think it could be if that's not it?

To begin with, we have a somewhat rigged set up for our inground pool filter. The underground pipe from the sand filter that sends the filtered water back into the pool is broken. Rather than breaking up the concrete to replace it, we have it rigged with a large hose that leads from the filter...