Keeping up pool when it's rarely used

[howbout]

Just a regular pool cover. If I kept it on the hose of the barracuda would simply push it around and mess it up.

[JohnT]

Just a regular pool cover. If I kept it on the hose of the barracuda would simply push it around and mess it up.

A solar cover then. They make it hard to keep a pool clean because the skimmers don't work to remove surface debris before it gets waterlogged and sinks.

Probably two options:

Leave the cover off or get a cleaner that will work under the cover. However, green is from algae and is the result of insufficient chlorine for the CYA level in the water.

[howbout]

Thanks for the info. We removed the cover and I have shocked the pool and I'm running the barracuda. We realized the problem IS the cover - it doesn't allow the skimmer to work properly and doesn't allow sunlight in. So...we are going to leave it off unless we are heating the pool or trying to keep the heat in for a while. Thanks a lot!