Ok to Open a bit early?

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You should be fine to open. Just keep an eye on the weather reports and if they call for sub 30 temperatures leave the filter pump on during that time.

Great! I'll go for it this weekend. Since it hasn't been very hot yet, I might not have much algea at all. That would be nice.

I'll let the forum know how it goes, and if I run into any troubles.

thanks for the advise,
Matt

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I live in southern Missouri and I would open mine sooner except the Maple and Oak trees haven't dropped their seeds yet. If you have trees near your pool that drop seeds you will spend a lot of time keeping the pool clean. I opened early one year and a spring storm deposited a large amount of seeds pods from my neighbors LARGE pin oak and I spent hours cleaning the green stains from the water line around the perimeter of the pool. Just a word of caution!!