CrazyPoolMom

I have never turned off because people were in there either, people make great stirring sticks:) Just make sure that you have the pool where water cannot splash onto the plug:)

As to how much to run the filter, it depends on a lot of things. What size is the pool, and what size is the filter/pump? And what kind of conditions do you have? I used the blow up ring pools for several years, and our conditions are pretty bad, lots of wind with dirt blowing, bugs bugs bugs, children tracking in and out with grass on their feet ect. The wind makes keeping the cover on next to impossible also, so I have always ran the filter/pumps a lot, and also netted a lot. My last one was a 18x4, and I switched the system so that I was taking water into the filter from the bottom of the pool and returning it at the top so that I could sweep the dirt over to the intake hole for better filtering. I would also wash the filter out 2 or 3 times a day with the garden hose. Another thing that helps a lot with a round pool is to create a whirlpool, I would use a boat oar to get the water all going in a circle, and then the debris will settle in the center for easier netting. As for the blow up ring, I had to add air about every day because air expands and contracts, and these things just aren't very airtight. I had better luck with keeping a piece of tape over the air valve. I wouldn't worry about popping it, just get it pretty firm. I have seen these pools in other peoples yards with air half gone and nothing spilling out, they really are harder to mess up than you would think:)

Ok, for anyone who is having the same kind of problem, I am going to update. It was not just one of my faucets, someone else in town filled their pool on the same day and is had the same trouble after shocking, I have also taken water from the same faucet since and shocked it in a bucket and did not get dark green tea colored water also, so apparently it was something in the city water supply that day? And not on the day when I filled the smaller pool. In a neighboring town they are getting the brown water directly from their faucets some days! Same water source, a local lake, since we had a severe drought last year, the lake level was really way down, and this year we have had a lot of rain, maybe something has washed metals into the water or something. From this thread: http://www.poolspaforum.com/forum/index.ph...rt=0#entry28401 I learned what to do to not have to drain the pool, I have followed the advise and all is going well.

MrsNoPlea: Well I got my Hayward aqua critter today, and it would not fit with my skimmer either, but we did seem to have a lot of success with running it directly from the inflow of the filter pump, it was getting dark, and the mosquitos were about to carry us off, so we have disconnected it and headed in for the night. (I am running the Krystal Klear Model 51 Pump, 2000gph.) We did have sacrifice a strainer basket from our smaller pool to get the hose to fit onto the inflow hole however. I will try to add pictures tomorrow. There is some trouble with the outflow from the filter blowing the aqua critter hose around in the water, but I think I can rob a part off of the shop vac to act as a deflector:) It did move around well though and left a clear line where it had been. I washed out the paper filter, (size after it ran for a little while, and it could have stood a lot more vacuuming. I made sure to get the big leaves out as I did not purchase the optional leaf basket. You sure have to be sure to get all of the air out of the hoses and the Aqua Critter or you will have to re prime the pump. So do not get rid of Wanda if you are planning to get a larger pump, and make sure to get one that is atleast 2000GPH:)

For the 8th year in a row, I have set up an AG Pool. For the first year ever, I have greenish brown water on the first day!!!!!!!!And it is leaving a film around the liner of the pool! This is a 16x48 Intex pool, And I am not on well water, we filled the pool it looked a little green, I was in a hurry it was getting dark, I put the shock treatment in just like I have always done, next morning, I had greenish tea colored water. We did have quite a rain/wind storm during that night, probably about an inch of rain got into the pool, and I thought maybe it was just dirt. So far I have tried lowering the PH, and adding some clarifier, which has not really made a difference, except there are like tiny copper colored droplets all in the top of the water. When you run a net across the water, it leaves a line on the net. I am using a 2000GPH paper filter pump, the filters are just filthy after a couple of hours, and repeatedly washing them out for 24 hours does not seem to have changed anything much. I have read enough to know that this is a metal in the water issue, and I have a smaller pool, 8x30in that I filled earlier in the week that does not have this problem. Even with the same rain. I used a different faucet for the smaller pool. I am wondering if a faucet can make that much of a difference, or if something screwy is going on with the citys water supply. The faucet that I used for the larger pool runs underground to a seperate area of the yard, whereas the one that I used for the smaller pool is right off of the house. From what I have read, I am not likely to get the metal removed with a paper filter system, even with products like Metal Out, but I hate to drain 7000 gallons of water only to have the same problem. Has anyone else had this kind of issue with a faucet? It is about a 140 mile trip to have the water tested.

MsNoPlea, I bought this same pool this year, we had a blow up ring pool last year that was 18X48, and I thought this pool would be easier to keep clean because the walls go straight down. I was disappointed in this pool kit. I was upset that the filter pump capacity was so low at 800GPH, and that the plungers with on/off valves were not included. I already have a 2000GPH filter/pump that I was able to pick up at a garage sale, you can get one for around 100 bucks on the online auction services, and it has been my experience that the plungers with on/off valves tend to freeze up anyway, but I was sure hoping to resell these things on an online auction service! The frame, and liner seem to be of good quality, and I was happy that a large bubblewrap circle was included for under the pool:) As for a floating chlorinator, I have with great success, just always poked some holes in a plastic soda bottle and stuck a chlorine tablet inside. Another thing I do is to put a chlorine tablet or small hunk of chlorine into the strainer basket where the clean water from the filter/pump is rushing back into the pool. Remeber though that direct sunlight depletes chlorine levels unless you have stablizer in the water, and I had such a bad experience with trying to use stabilizer that I gave up completely on that. I have ordered an Aqua Critter, a relative of Wanda:), and I could not find a site that gave specifications for Filter/Pump capacity and fittings, but am ever hopeful that I can make the thing work. Farmwife, I am thinking this pool will be very easy to get cleaned and dried for storage, because unlike the blow up ring pools, the whole entire liner will be exposed to air after draining, whereas the blow up ring pools just collapse without water and are very difficult to completely drain and dry. You really have to wrestle with them. I had to turn mine upside down on the trampoline and keep moving the blow up ring around, it was a mess, hopefully this one will be much easier. Just be sure to pick a time when it is not going to rain to drain the pool. Another thing, if you are on well water, there are special considerations for chemicals. You really need to let a pool dealer test the water and advise you on what to do. And of course, when you are buying the kit, make sure to get the largest capacity filter/pump possible with the kit:)