If you use the well water, you'll need to use a metal sequestrant (they don't actually remove the metals--they just keep them suspended in your water so they don't fall out and stain your pool). Don't worry about the TA for now, and just make sure the pH is in the 7.0-7.6 range. You'll need to add enough chlorine to keep algae from growing, but you can't immediately shock the pool due to the metals, so you need to keep your chlorine in the 2-4 ppm range.

We added a couple trichlor tablets this morning and they aren't doing much...just sitting there. It is really cold today (55degrees) not sure if that matters. We did use filtered well water to fill it and it doesn't seem as rusty. We also wondered about the BBB method...should we skip the tablets and use bleach? If so how much? I did use the kit to check chlorine and pH and the pH is good but no chlorine. Not really what to do next...any suggestions?

Thanks!