Just to give you our experience with the Aqualuminator, we had it installed professionally and he put clear waterproof calking all over the inside of the rubber gasket that comes with it and made us let it cure for 24 hours before filling up. We didn't put calking around the skimmer because we installed it ourselves and the instructions didn't say to, but neither did the instructions for the light. Kinda makes me wish we had since a professional pool man used it.

That was the longest 24 hours ever for the reasons you are experiencing.

Shelley