Does anyone have any hacks for keeping a round floater full of Trichlor tablets from parking itself in the skimmer mouth, along the steps in the shallow end, in a corner, or next to the ladder? My pool only has one skimmer that is located in the deep end on the opposite side of the deep end return. The ladder is located right next to the skimmer. I tried tying the floater to the ladder and it gets stuck in the ladder or in the skimmer mouth which is located right next to it. If I let the floater go wherever it wants, it gets stuck on the shallow end steps, along the ladder, in a corner, or in the skimmer mouth and it won't move.
Since a stuck floater could cause a bleached out stain in my gelcoat, I don't want to use a floater unless I can find a way to keep it in the deep end but keep it away from the ladder and skimmer. The only thing I have inside the pool to tie a floater to is the ladder and that won't work for the reasons I previously mentioned. On a previous thread, I saw a recommendation for putting the floater inside a pool net and anchoring the pole to the deck, but I worry that I will get a bleached out stain in my pool if I do that since the floater will stay in the same spot for 4 days and the pump will only be running 10 hours a day. If anyone has any other suggestions on how to keep a floater in the deep end but away from the skimmer and ladder, I'd love to hear your suggestions. CYA is only 30 so I'd like to use chlorine tablets to increase the CYA and add chlorine at the same so I don't have to ask anyone to come over every day to add chlorine. I'm only going to be gone 4-5 days and plan on getting the pool up to SLAM level before leaving.
Since a stuck floater could cause a bleached out stain in my gelcoat, I don't want to use a floater unless I can find a way to keep it in the deep end but keep it away from the ladder and skimmer. The only thing I have inside the pool to tie a floater to is the ladder and that won't work for the reasons I previously mentioned. On a previous thread, I saw a recommendation for putting the floater inside a pool net and anchoring the pole to the deck, but I worry that I will get a bleached out stain in my pool if I do that since the floater will stay in the same spot for 4 days and the pump will only be running 10 hours a day. If anyone has any other suggestions on how to keep a floater in the deep end but away from the skimmer and ladder, I'd love to hear your suggestions. CYA is only 30 so I'd like to use chlorine tablets to increase the CYA and add chlorine at the same so I don't have to ask anyone to come over every day to add chlorine. I'm only going to be gone 4-5 days and plan on getting the pool up to SLAM level before leaving.
