mguzzy
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It was a combination of things.. And that was back in the day when I was trying to figure out the most efficient way with dealing with the pool, and the family (4 kids in 5 years), and the job.. etc. You know life in general!
No the pool is not covered (well sometimes) but its not obviously visible from inside the house. For example I can only see the surface of the water from inside the house not the bottom. Second, I would get lulled into the false sense of security because the water "looked clear". Exactly what you are claiming. What I didn't realize is how much stuff was just precipitating to the bottom and once I stirred it up and started sweeping, all that gunk made up of dead and live algae and nutrient compounds would get mixed into the water column from its chilly semi-hibernation on the bottom. Now its a perfect soup for an algae bloom and I can't kill it fast enough. So now I have figured out the minimal amount I need in the winter to run the pumps and sweep and FC and testing to keep that from happening come spring. I just don't want you to get lulled into a similar false sense of security, for whatever reason. Every pool is different, so yours will have its own idiosyncrasies.
I never had to do the CYA dance since 1) we get winter rains that dilute things our for us. 2) I had always used liquid CL to chlorinate. My local mom and pop pool store sold chlorine in bulk returnable bottles. I only used biscuits when I had a coupon... Once I got the SWG, the floater never got put back in the pool. But I really didn't completely understand the relationship between CYA and FC and the sun and the moon and the planets until I started hanging out here.
@duraleigh Thanks for the props, Dad!
