Well, I hooked up a hose directly to the port going into the pump and attached a vacuum head to it. I closed the return port and disconnected the hose. Ran the pump and let the water waste into my yard as I vacuumed. The pool looks alot better, although still slightly cloudy. But, I do have hard water and that's more than likely calcium that has leached out of the water due to the high CL I've had to run to kill the algae.

When I was done, I cleaned off my filter and replaced it, cleaned the sock in the skimmer (I'm using a single trouser sock - picked up a pair at Kmart for $1.50 and it's working well). Hooked everything back up and started the pump again.

CL is still sitting at around 20ppm w/ a CYA of 80. I guess I'm just going to have to keep it that high with these 95-100 degree temps we're having right now.