Hi all, good to be back this year.

Last year we finally got our CYA problem under control with a partial drain, switched to BBB and had a wonderful summer. Closing was a breeze. Then all hell broke loose over the winter.

We lost most of the water and determined that our 23 year old liner had finally bit the dust. This spring our new neighbors found a wonderful place to do their new liner so we went in with them and we both got beautiful new liners from a great company about an hour from here at a nice discount. Their installation was excellent and they didn't try to sell us the kitchen sink!

Now I'm dealing with new water for the first time. We had a truck deliver a little over half since our inground is so big (35,000 gallons) and have spent a day filling the rest from the hose. The pump is now up and running and so far the water looks great. I'm not sure of the source for the truckload, but he did say it was chlorinated and it certainly didn't look like lake/river/well water. I've figured the best way to start is to run some di or tri-chlor to start building some CYA. We're using some old di-chlor tabs that have been stored in a dry place and look fine. I bought some tri at Wal-Mart. It has some copper, but I'm not planning on using more than this one 12 lb. bucket so I'm pretty sure it will be OK to start. After that we'll have to take a trip out of town to Lowe's. I'll haul out the Taylor tomorrow to see what I'll have to begin for the Ph and Alk. I'm not planning on getting those levels perfect because I know the tabs are going to change things over the next week. I have baking soda and borax on hand. Once the CYA is in recommended range I plan to go back to bleach. Did I plan correctly, or is there something I've overlooked?

Thanks for your expert advice. Y'all are the bomb, as always!