Greetings,

I'm getting ready to open my pool and anticipate, as in past years, to find a nice bloom of green algae when I remove the cover.

The pool installer suggested I could run the filter without the paper cartridges while I shock (yes, I will use bleach) until the algae is dead, and then put the cartridges in the filter to remove the dead algae. Essentially, I'd simply be circulating the water killing off the live algae.

Does that make sense? Any advantages or disadvantages to doing this?

Thanks, in advance, for your suggestions.

Regards,

jawman