okay....so here's an update. The pool finished filling up Monday evening. I couldn't get the CYA until yesterday. I put the required amount (on label) for my pool capacity (2 1/2 pounds for about 10,000 gallons of water) in the skimmer and ran the filter overnight. This afternoon I checked to see if the CYA had dissolved and it appears it has. (I spilled a tinsy, winsy amount on bottom of pool and it was gone so I would assume the CYA in the filter is gone too since it was getting a lot more action than what was sitting on the bottom.) So today I added bleach to the skimmer, not much and tested it a few hours later. It didn't even register on the test. So I added a little more. Here are my latest readings.

Hardness - 250ppm
Total Chlorine - between 0 and 1ppm
Free Chlorine - 3ppm
pH - between 7.2 and 7.8
Total alkalinity - 180ppm
Stabilizer - 50ppm

I've been reading a lot on Pool Solutions and didn't want to overdo anything and get into the area of having too much of something.
Thanks in advance.