So it's getting too cold outside to want to use my pool for swimming. I have some questions about keeping it clean until closing time. It seems like a pain to be cleaning a pool when you are no longer swimming in it and I'd like to know what people normally do for the easiest maintenance until closing. 1.) Do I keep using the solar cover? Would there be any point? It doesn't really keep leaves out of the pool and I imagine the heat will cause more algae growth than if it was gone... 2.) What do you do about all the leaves? I have 2 100+ year old giant maple trees over my pool, as well as several pine trees, a crab apple tree, an oak tree... I'd like to run the skimmer full time to keep them from sinking to the bottom, but that would cost me ~$3.00 / day with my electricity rates. 3.) Do you just let the leaves build up and do a final cleaning right before closing it? But then I might have to spend ~$30 on chemicals to shock it before closing.... What do you do, for you people with a ton of trees? When I opened my pool this year, I filled 3 wheelbarrows with leaves that were sitting at the bottom. I think the previous owners just forgot about it after august and let it get nasty. was a HUGE PITA to get clean when I opened it the first time!...