What chemicals for a freshly filled pool? -- Do we really need the plastic feet.

[jen2sons]

Thank you pool doc. we have not filled the pool yet hoping this week some time to get it up and running. We have bought bleach and the borax to get prepared because we felt it worked very well last year. Our neighbor used all the traditional pool stuff and had a green pool most of the season. Ours sparkled and seemed actually pretty low maintenance with the bbb plan. I am sure with the added stabilizer and solar heater we will add this year it will be even better.

Big Dave. Yes we think they only serve to keep the poles from digging into the ground. They obviously did not matter too much as most of them cracked and broke within weeks of setting up the pool last year and it did not seem to make much difference. Perhaps it was suppose to help the legs from moving around too much.

[PoolDoc]

We have bought bleach and the borax to get prepared because we felt it worked very well last year.

Just remember, you need stabilizer from somewhere -- you can add it directly, or you can use dichlor or trichlor for awhile.