I bought a new home that the builder defaulted on the loan and went into custody of HUD. It appears as though the pool was used one season one year ago (probably when they were trying to sell it) and then covered with the required HUD cover which is 2X6s covered with some fencing and some 2mil plastic (which disintegrated into a billion pieces). There were at least 200 frogs of several different species in the pool when I bought it.

The pool is a salt water in ground pool with a vinyl liner 20X40. It has a large sand filter. I am not sure how deep it is as the bottom is full of leaves and debris and the algae is well, nothing short of amazing.

So far in the last three days progress has been really dramatic.

- We disassembled the pool cover and hauled out all of the lumber and all particles of plastic that would fit in a net.

- I "shocked" the pool with pool shock + (the plus is a copper algicide) and there has been a massive die off of the algae.

- The chlorine either killed most of the frogs or drove them to the surface where they were snagged with the nets and relocated to a relocation camp in the creek down hill from the house.

Here are my problems (of which there are many)

- When disassembling the pool cover some of the fencing nails used to build the cover flew off and into the pool. This worries me due to the liner.

- There is rust all around the edge of the pool due to fence used to make the cover rusted into the concrete. How do I get rid of that? I have been using vinegar which is causing it to fade but it is still ugly.

- The algae is going through a major die off. Is vacuuming to waste the best way to get rid of it?

- The salinity is only 2300. This I understand is too low to generate chlorine, hence my use of the shock. I don't know how many gallons my pool is so I Don't know how much salt to add. Is there a good way to guesstimate? Should I add right away or wait till the algae and other stuff is under control?

- I also added 8 gallons of 6% bleach last night. Soon after I did that yellowish stain started appearing around the surface edge. Is that from the copper or the bleach? The bleach claimed to have no other additives but it was a little yellow when it came out which I thought was a little odd.

- Nearly all of the floating debris has been fished out. Other than the algae the water appears to be clearing up. Should I keep blasting it with chlorine and vacuuming up the remains?

- I am thinking there can not possibly be any stabilizer in the pool right now due to the major algae blooms. Should I add now or just wait till the algae is mostly gone?

- The pressure gauge for the sand filter appears broken. I did not notice that until after using it for a day or two. Could I have done other damage to the system by operating it with a broken gauge earlier? If so what?

- Most of the frogs are gone for good but some seem to be cropping up again (the very large, possibly tasty ones). Is there a way to keep them out? I could just kill them all but I think with the creek being located so close (150 feet) they will keep coming back.