For those of you who have an automatic pool cover (mine is from PoolCoversInc), have you heard of the Green House effect?
A pool service guy (used by my pool builder) said that if the pool cover was to remain closed for about a week (7 days when on vacation) and the temperature is above the 80's and 90's, there will be this greenhouse effect where all the gasses are trapped under the cover and will cause algae bloom - even when FC and pH are within the suggested ppm levels (FC will be coming from Trichlor tablets and pH stays between 7.2 ppm to 7.8 ppm within a week).
In the past 2 years when we went on vacation for about 4 to 5 days, the cover was closed and did not get algae. We will be going for 7 days this time, two more days, and would like to know if there is something I need to know and do something about.
A pool service guy (used by my pool builder) said that if the pool cover was to remain closed for about a week (7 days when on vacation) and the temperature is above the 80's and 90's, there will be this greenhouse effect where all the gasses are trapped under the cover and will cause algae bloom - even when FC and pH are within the suggested ppm levels (FC will be coming from Trichlor tablets and pH stays between 7.2 ppm to 7.8 ppm within a week).
In the past 2 years when we went on vacation for about 4 to 5 days, the cover was closed and did not get algae. We will be going for 7 days this time, two more days, and would like to know if there is something I need to know and do something about.