3rd year of pool ownership but this is my first year I'm opening by myself.... and got it from a green swamp to clear water in about a week. Trying to tweak some things for next open so I can get this time down... and more importantly, cost down. As soon as I was able to get my pump going (bottom drain was inoperable in the beginning due to all the junk), I started adding bleach (liquid bleach in the beginning but needed to switch to powder because of ALDI only allowing 2 bottles per visit). I noticed my filter was all clogged up half way through so I needed to clean it out...
Q: does it make sense to have a set of filter cartridges dedicated for opening use?
Q: do you run the filter without the cartridge for a while to let the chlorine do its job first?
And when I was trying to clear the pool without any stabilizer, I maintained it around 12ppm and the chlorine was getting eaten up like crazy.
Q: does it make sense to increase CYA before and chlorine (needing to maintain at higher ppm)?
Q: does it make sense to have a set of filter cartridges dedicated for opening use?
Q: do you run the filter without the cartridge for a while to let the chlorine do its job first?
And when I was trying to clear the pool without any stabilizer, I maintained it around 12ppm and the chlorine was getting eaten up like crazy.
Q: does it make sense to increase CYA before and chlorine (needing to maintain at higher ppm)?