We have an above-ground pool, with a vinyl liner I think. We use bromine (Performex Sanitizer 940 inline) and have a Hayward Sandfilter (Model SL66T92S). Our pump is a Hayward Power Flow Matriz (1 hp). Not sure what we're using for testing yet.

Draining the pool makes me nervous because I've read the liner may shrink, walls can collapse when refilling, etc. Right now the pool is green, so we can't see how much of the animal is left in there. We know there are more leaves to get out.

Husband's plan is to start draining the pool Monday morning, cleaning the walls and removing debris as we go. That means getting in there with that white fleshy stuff floating around and whatever else might be in there. Water to refill will begin arriving at noon. That will cost about $440 for water. He thinks by the time we're done with chemicals, it would cost about the same and take a lot longer.

By the way, the stench at the pool was horrible last night after fishing out parts of that animal. I don't think we should start the pump or anything and let that run through the system should we? (If we decided not to drain/refill).