We used to have a 4ft deep Above Ground round frame pool years ago and would struggle to warm the pool, it was always around 74-78 degrees even on 95 degree days, so i eventually made a heating system by using black irrigation tubing and a submerible pump to push it through (adds about 5 degrees after about 6 hours), and/or use a pool cover but that got annoying to remove replace on an almost daily basis. Lets fast forward now...I bought a 4'x4' 1ft deep frame pool for my daughters turtles and found that the water gets overly hot on the same 95 degree day, i had to put a board to shade more than half the pool to keep it under 85 degrees... That got me thinking about the temps in our swimming pool. So recently we've been looking to buy another Above Ground (rectangular), but this time around m thinking to get only a 3ft deep pool, as to aid in achieving warmer temps. Id like to avoid pumping water through the black irrigation tubing if possible. So is my thinking correct in that the shallower pool will be naturally warmer?
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