MrsBanks: You are about to discover that even in your situation, pool care is easy.

One more thing, though: If you go to a pool store and tell them what we said, they will tell you we are crazy and try to sell you a million things you don't need for large amounts of money. The latest scam is "Your phosphate level is high. You need phosphate reducer." You don't. Luckily, you haven't been "Pool-Stored" yet. They would, with your numbers, sell you Soda Ash, "shock", Calcium increaser, clarifier, flocculant, algaecide, phosphate remover, stabilizer, and who knows WHAT else. They'd scare you with numbers of "total dissolved solids" and tell you bleach adds them (what it adds is salt, but not nearly as much as needed for a salt-water chlorine generator pool). And all this stuff would give your green goop that will clog your filter, but NOT get rid of your green disgusting water (check the other threads for the people who went to the pool store first, and the mess they have).

Meanwhile, we are telling you to add...borax (and now no more of THAT), and bleach, lots and lots of bleach. And, until it's clear, probably nothing else. Bleach (chlorine) is the broadest spectrum algaecide and killer of bacteria and viruses. It also breaks down oils and all kinds of other stuff. It's still the best stuff you can add, and the liquid form is the best form of chlorine for home pool owners. Follow Ben's advice and it WILL clear.

Welcome!

CarlD