thanks everyone. I got 3lbs of stabilizer and some bleach. I had dichlor granular but put it back since I bought the stabilizer by itself. I have a huge bucket of tri-chlor tabs already. Just a note....the wal-mart shock plus also had copper in it plus a lot of other mess.

lol @ Ben...I didn't say I operated it without chlorine....just that my levels are by no means stable. I'm off to get a start on fixing that right now You would think that if the swimmer's ear was from bacteria we would all get it? I dunno.....but I do know I would do just about anything to prevent her from getting again. I'm even adding EVIL stabilizer....lol...just kidding.