Hi Everyone,
My wife and I are putting in a small above ground pool (18' dia, 52" tall). I want to try to keep this install and the maintenance as simple as possible. I'm trying a bit to go for the KISS approach. I have a saltwater reef tank and is has all of the latest tech (ozone, internet monitoring, auto water changes, everything imaginable). It's hard for me to tell how much time all this tech saves me because when any small thing goes wrong, it's a giant interconnected headache. More things to maintain as well.
I've read a ton on the benefits and cons of a SWG but I didn't see a ton mentioned regarding pool size. I think if we went with a large unground pool in the future, it would make more sense. But for a small pool around 8000 gallons, is it still worth it? The pool will run off of a regular 110V outlet and it seems like having more gear connected will make this outlet start to get very messy and over crowded. Finally, the last concern is just that our lot size is really small. So if I needed to do any work on the pool that required disposing on saltwater (like back flushing a filter or something) might be more complicated then just dumping freshwater into the plants. Am I wrong on this?
Filter
I really wanted a DE filter (like I have on my aquariums), but the pool guys recommended against it for saltwater because backflushes would waste all of the salt. If I did a freshwater pool, I'd like to go with DE. Would dumping the freshwater in the yard be a big problem? Is it really a concern? We have very high iron content in our water, so I could see having to back flush the filter a few times after we fill it.
Thanks for the help.
FB
My wife and I are putting in a small above ground pool (18' dia, 52" tall). I want to try to keep this install and the maintenance as simple as possible. I'm trying a bit to go for the KISS approach. I have a saltwater reef tank and is has all of the latest tech (ozone, internet monitoring, auto water changes, everything imaginable). It's hard for me to tell how much time all this tech saves me because when any small thing goes wrong, it's a giant interconnected headache. More things to maintain as well.
I've read a ton on the benefits and cons of a SWG but I didn't see a ton mentioned regarding pool size. I think if we went with a large unground pool in the future, it would make more sense. But for a small pool around 8000 gallons, is it still worth it? The pool will run off of a regular 110V outlet and it seems like having more gear connected will make this outlet start to get very messy and over crowded. Finally, the last concern is just that our lot size is really small. So if I needed to do any work on the pool that required disposing on saltwater (like back flushing a filter or something) might be more complicated then just dumping freshwater into the plants. Am I wrong on this?
Filter
I really wanted a DE filter (like I have on my aquariums), but the pool guys recommended against it for saltwater because backflushes would waste all of the salt. If I did a freshwater pool, I'd like to go with DE. Would dumping the freshwater in the yard be a big problem? Is it really a concern? We have very high iron content in our water, so I could see having to back flush the filter a few times after we fill it.
Thanks for the help.
FB