Well, it will be interesting to see what happens--the sad thing is, the extra trash in the filter basket may have actually been helping your pump to not overdrive your filter. At any rate, let it run for a day or two, see if you get anything coming out of the returns, and see if the pool clears up any. You might try the pool department at WalMart for the DE--seems to me last year they were actually selling it in smaller bags in our area.

Janet