Quote Originally Posted by Ryan Gravener
The sun causes algae, so aren't I supposed to run the filter sometime during noon-time? I'm asking this because someone in the household wants to run the filter during off-peak electricity hours. I'm concerned all my hard work of getting this clean after having the cover cave in during the winter (5 trees worth of leaves in the dam thing) go to waste. Also, does anyone have a leaf net? I'm considering buying one since we have so many trees in our yard (I would tear em down and plant 15ft Max trees if I could).

PS

Its may 31st and i'm still getting a lot of leaves and pollen. Pump: 1.5hp, 21inch round ag.
Spare the trees!

And I agree that 'keeping ahead of your water' is the key to keeping the algae down. Sunlight just accelerates an existing problem.

We have two maples, one at either end of our 17x33 ig. Great shade trees in the summer, payback is in the fall when leaves are shed and spring when we're visited by millions of 'helicopters'. Last winter I decided to try a leaf net to simplify closing but the net didn't cover a small part of the bump-out at the steps. Mon Dieu! The leaves I raked out this spring. I just can't believe they penetrated the net, but must've slipped under the 2'x4' opening. Anyway, I don't think this net would do anything to keep out the 'spinners', but I believe there are nets with finer mesh that might. Shop around.

I run my filter twice a day for 4-5 hours each; once in the late afternoon and in the early morning hours (2-6 am). My thinking is simply to spread out the circulation over 24 hours without running it full time.

C.