New member and pool owner needs help.

[mastamoon]

Darnit, I just typed out a book reply and hit the wrong button to post! Gah.

Thanks for the info PoolDoc.. I will start this weekend and report back.

[Watermom]

You'll be fine with a sand filter. It does a very good job keeping the pool clear. If you maintain your chemistry consistently, you won't have to worry about algae that needs filtering out. All of the moderators on this forum have sand filters and are perfectly satisfied with them. They are the easiest to maintain. Some of us use a little 'DE Trick' to help our sand filters. You can read more about it in the following link. Adding DE to a Sand Filter