Hello all,

Just got a lake house that came with a chlorine sanitized pool. I know almost nothing, but am learning - have ordered a Taylor test kit, and wanted to go ahead and register for the inevitable questions I'll have in the near future. Until then, thanks for creating this forum, and all the great information I've already found here.

Some basic info on my situation (may be revised as the pool volume is an estimate from the previous owner):

-25,000 gal in-ground vinyl lined pool (3 foot shallow end, 9 foot deep end), rectangular
-2 inflow jets near water surface, 1 outflow through skimmer basket (not the best configuration for such a deep pool, but nothing I can do about that now)
-Hayward S220T sand filter, not sure about the pump

I've already messed up spectacularly by letting the chlorine drop out, which resulted in a green (algae?) and cloudy appearance, so I went to the pool store the previous owner had an account at, brought them a sample and followed their recommendations to increase alkalinity (baking soda) and shock + black algetrine. This resulted in a superchlorinated, but cloudy mess that my filter is having trouble resolving, so followed up with clarifier (didn't work, of course). Then I found this forum, and I've read enough to realize the mistakes I've already made, but I'd say the chief one was trusting the pool store's water analysis and subsequent recommendations.

So, I'm waiting on my test kit to arrive, and in the meantime vacuuming my big blue milkbowl . I imagine I'll primarily be lurking for a while, just wanted to say hi.