Can find cause of all the dirt/sand in the pool

[nicole12]

The pool bottom is clear today no dust/dirt. I do think though that it was the sand being too high. It was really high, I thought that when I was putting it in how close it was to the top but it said add 150lbs so that's what I added. Wondering though if I should backwash again today to settle the sand down since I was fooling with it yesterday.

My manual doesn't say how high the sand should be on the filter, just says add 150lbs.

At the end of the season I'm going to remove the sand and check each lateral again just to be sure. Is it ok to save the sand since it's brand new this season. I figure I'll just put it in the wheel barrow and when it dries out I'll put it back in the filter. I'm also going to try to buy a new spider gasket for it. Tough finding AstralPool products.

Also I live in Mass. can I leave the sand filter outside this year. Just put a trash bag over it? I'll move the pump indoors, I think that's how I damage the pipe last time moving that filter.