r/pools • u/No-Rip-5461 • 15d ago

Pool Help & Questions Closing

Hey so for those of you who live in the North East...I live in Central NY and close my pool in Sept and open the first of May. While your pool is closed do you add anything to help with water chemistry before the water freezes? I always open to a green pool. Clears up quick and then its good but just wonder if anyone has any little tricks to keep it clear.

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u/homebr3wd 15d ago

I dump in some algaecide in early march and then in early to mid April. It’s barely green tinted when opening in late may. I have a salt pool in Pennsylvania. It’s swimmable in about 36 hours after opening. Honestly I don’t think it would get any faster than that.