So this is my first opening with my ABG pool. First my winter cover was awful. I would pump water off of it AND pump water out of the pool. Happened once when I didn't realize my son turned it on and it ran for two days and then it happened again last week when I turned it on and forgot. 
My son and I took a good look at the weave and it's for sure no bueno. Shouldn't they be more tarp like? Not like woven? I'm going for a better one next winter.
My water is a little cloudy, which just happened because I've been peaking all winter and it was clear until about 2 weeks ago. I'm working on that. We just opened it today. I'm in TN where it's been warm then cold and it's getting warm again.
But here's the kicker. How in the HECK did earthworms get in there? We just built a deck but that's not even at pool level. It's just below the rails. I saw about 10 of them around the pool here and there along with something that looks like dirt. On the bottom. Dead. And let's not forget that awesome southern pollen that's in my pool. Did I mention my cover was awful? I did get some landscaping done about two weeks ago and now I a nice deep gravel landscape next to my pool. Perhaps that will keep the worms (??!!) away? I didn't have any in my pool last summer but I didn't get my pool until August and closed early October.
So I guess my questions is this. When I do my first vacuum with my robot, should I vacuum to waste? So the worms will be out of my sand filter and hopefully the pollen will go with it? I honestly have no idea how to handle the dead worm situation (again, how in the world did they even get in there??) My vacuum doesn't hook to my skimmer basket attachment (another piece of junk I think) and I have to attach right into the slot under the skimmer basket.
Thoughts? Help with worms? Why? Ugh.....
My son and I took a good look at the weave and it's for sure no bueno. Shouldn't they be more tarp like? Not like woven? I'm going for a better one next winter.My water is a little cloudy, which just happened because I've been peaking all winter and it was clear until about 2 weeks ago. I'm working on that. We just opened it today. I'm in TN where it's been warm then cold and it's getting warm again.
But here's the kicker. How in the HECK did earthworms get in there? We just built a deck but that's not even at pool level. It's just below the rails. I saw about 10 of them around the pool here and there along with something that looks like dirt. On the bottom. Dead. And let's not forget that awesome southern pollen that's in my pool. Did I mention my cover was awful? I did get some landscaping done about two weeks ago and now I a nice deep gravel landscape next to my pool. Perhaps that will keep the worms (??!!) away? I didn't have any in my pool last summer but I didn't get my pool until August and closed early October.
So I guess my questions is this. When I do my first vacuum with my robot, should I vacuum to waste? So the worms will be out of my sand filter and hopefully the pollen will go with it? I honestly have no idea how to handle the dead worm situation (again, how in the world did they even get in there??) My vacuum doesn't hook to my skimmer basket attachment (another piece of junk I think) and I have to attach right into the slot under the skimmer basket.
Thoughts? Help with worms? Why? Ugh.....
