floater and test kit bought. There goes this month's budget! :P

I'll stick three tabs in the floater this evening, not that I'm sure it'll do a lot of good with zero pol circulation. I'll stir it with the pool net, but until the water level's up to the skimmer, and until I know how the pump works, that's about all I can do.

Test ("Leslie's Basic OTO Poolcare Test Kit") says: Chlorine < 0.5PPM (very weak yellow, paler than the palest on the scale), pH > 8.5 (very rich red, deeper than the deepest on the scale). Water taken from elbow-deep in water, by the skimmer, not that the water reaches that.