Need help getting pool in shape so I can close it....

[dawndenise]

CelticDaddio...do a web search for Skamper Ramp and you'll see a device that should help keep your chipmunks from an early demise. It also comes in a "Big Dog" variety for animals up to 90# but hopefully, your chipmunks aren't THAT big!!

[CelticDaddio]

I forgot to ask this, but I assume I should be running the filter the entire time I have the FC up to kill the algae....Is that right?

Ed

[chem geek]

I forgot to ask this, but I assume I should be running the filter the entire time I have the FC up to kill the algae....Is that right?

Yes, it would be better if you kept your filter running. Having the filter on ensures that the chlorine is distributed everywhere in your pool and also allows for the dead algae to get caught into your filter. If you only ran your filter part time, as you do when there is no algae, you would still probably kill the algae, but it would take longer (since the chlorine level would drop locally where it is consumed in areas of algae) and would certainly take longer to filter out the dead stuff.

[CelticDaddio]

Actually, I keep my filter running 24/7. Is that a problem? Other than running up my power bill?

Ed

Yes, it would be better if you kept your filter running. Having the filter on ensures that the chlorine is distributed everywhere in your pool and also allows for the dead algae to get caught into your filter. If you only ran your filter part time, as you do when there is no algae, you would still probably kill the algae, but it would take longer (since the chlorine level would drop locally where it is consumed in areas of algae) and would certainly take longer to filter out the dead stuff.

[waste]

CelticDaddio, Chemgeek and Dawndenise have given you the answers you asked for, but I'll add two things
1) Brush the pool to help expose the algae (espesially in the 'nooks and cranies') to your lethal dose of chlorine - it'll speed things up a little and make sure you kill it all.
2) A 'noodle' hanging into the pool and secured to the deck will allow the 'monks an exit (if they can swim well enough to get to it ), if not they stand a chance to be mentioned in the 'Darwin Awards'
Welcome to the forum, as you can see from this thread, there are people here that want you to have a 'hastle-free' pool! - Waste