If you’ve been over to our house swimming then you probably know the problems I’ve faced keeping the pool nice and blue. I thought it was a chemical issue so a couple of years ago I hired a pool guy to do the chemicals. Well, that didn’t work – the pool keeps trending to the green side so I stopped the chemical service and took back my pool. A week later I had the pool a beautiful blue, just like it should be… Another week later and it was a nice green again. UGH!
I’m working on it and working on it and now it’s almost back to a nice blue color. Now I’m considering getting a new pump, mine is over-powered and an energy hog and I think it would help to move the water through the filter at the correct flow rate. I’ve also seen that the overflow from my drips in the plants behind the pool seems to flow into the pool – perhaps this is the source of the algae in the pool. Now I’ll need to add to my to-do list something to address that situation --- but first I want a clear blue pool again!