Thanks for the info. I could go to a pool store (only 2 local that I know of). One of them is all about selling their stuff and only their stuff and the other one told me "we don't support above ground pools, only in-ground" once when I went in to ask a question about the filter. I never went back to that one and I probably will not. The first one does do water testing but they will try to sell all kinds of things most likely. The water is pretty nasty.. running the pump+filter with that water won't hurt it? And the bleach won't hurt the liner? The water is almost black so "cleaning" the debris would probably be quite a task. I hate I had to let it get this bad but I had no other option at the time.