My first post -- please bear with me. Second winter with pool in Florida upcoming. Did not close pool last winter but constantly battled debris due to no cover. We do get a few nights below freezing but I usually just run the pump overnight at a low setting. However, I would like to cover the pool to prevent the current daily battle with staining acorns and the forthcoming leaves. Heating system install for year-round swimming scheduled for next year but we currently swim all but December-February. Between now and December, I'd like a cover system I can remove fairly easily for swimming, and then something a bit more permanent for the three cold months. I've read links to posts all the way back to 2007 but have not seen an effective method for us warm weather, non-deep freeze (FL, CA, AZ, etc) TFPers that does not use an expensive safety cover, which is not in our budget at this time. I'm thinking of placing a leaf net over the pool for now and devising a way to pull it off without dumping the acorns and leaves into the pool when we go swimming. Down the road when we stop swimming, thinking of floating the net on top of a system of floats or tubes or something floating in the pool that will keep the stretchy leaf net out of the pool and allow me to blow the debris off the net. Has anyone devised such a system? Or, has anyone found a leaf net that is not just for laying on top of the heavy winter covers but one that can be stretched over the pool and secured with water tubes or the like? Is a mesh cover the answer? Or a hybrid cover with the mesh "drain" in the center? Looking for an interim, best value solution; or a system that will integrate with the heated pool next year. Yard around pool is fenced, we have no outdoor pets. Help, the little brown tannic stains of the vicious acorns are driving us crazy! Thanks for your ideas. I've also put a call in to my tree guy. :0