Hi all,
Thanks to shameless lurking and lots of reading here last year, we managed our AG pool rather well with your BBB method and just opened to crystal clear water. Here in upstate NY, it's unlikely we will actually be swimming for another mOnth though. But I wanted to avoid algae so we went ahead and uncovered. Our biggest concern is the water level. It was down to about 18 in so I'm assuming we have a leak somewhere - perhaps in the liner where the ladder steps were?? So my first question - how do I go about finding the leak? I've started filling the pool. It's up to about 1.5 ft from the top so still not enough to run the filter. But we are on a well and it is suppose to rain the next 5 days so I figured I'd let mother nature help. My second question - what do I need to do tO keep my water clear? I need new reagents so I can test but since I can't run the filter yet, I can't really add chemicals. And since we won't be swimming for a while I don't want to be too aggressive. Once the water level is up, how often should I run the filter? We ran it 24/7 last yr which killed our electric bill, so since we aren't even in it yet, I don't want to do that. Any other advice?
Thanks!