Thanks Carl for the tip on DE powder and skimmer sock, I'll have to order some. The only stores I have within a 30 minute drive are Kmart, Lewis Drug, and Walmart and none of them sell the correct pool stuff so Amazon and other websites it is!

PoolDoc - yeah we knew the crappy filter that comes with the pool wasn't going to be enough circulation so we upgraded right away. We have an 18 month old who spends a lot of time in the pool so we didn't want her urine just sitting stagnant in the pool. Bro-inlaw has a smaller version of our pool and is using the filter that came with it and boy does he have problems up the wazoo! Our sand filter was more than the pool itself but we should be able to use the same filter for the next pool we get, as we won't be getting one much bigger than the current one.

I am fully stocked up on supplies for the BBB method, just waiting for my test kit to get here Have a great holiday weekend everyone!