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It seems there are two times of the year when we fight algae the most: in the spring and early summer when there is lots of pollen and "stuff" getting into the pool - and in early fall, when leaves fall in - I have to keep the chlorine especially high during these times. We used a leaf net last...

oops! :oops: ... never mind..... Well, if I haven't totally lost my credibility, here is my two cents on partial drain: if you have obvious algae and dirt on the bottom, I think it would be best to vacuum as much of that to waste as possible, but replenish the water at the same time to keep...

Don't know if this is relevant or not, but this week I have been going through pool opening, shocking, etc., and during the FC test, the color change after adding the powder takes much longer to appear than in the summer - presumably due to cold water (about 58 F); then, immediately after...

Thanks for the info Durk - about $400 is better than $800, by half :) I will likely try that setup this year - sounds like it should also ease our opening next spring. "I see you are next to a forest. I am, too, with lots of pin-oaks that keep shedding leaves until April." What!? A...

We have a trampoline-type cover set-up, but the cover finally rotted through and we will need a new one this fall. It was a dense mesh - allowed water to filter through, but not large pieces of brush; however, decomposed leaf litter still made its way into the pool over winter with the...