Thanx for help, but don't spit too hard.....walked in to pool store with bag of pool water and walked out empty handed....boyfriend works for pool company, get all chemicals really cheap....they tried to sell me shock and algicide, no sale, thank you very much, have a nice day. When I say shock, catch all for those cute little 1# bags of chlorine, Ca hypochlorite, sanitizer is a Na hypochlorite, liquid, much like regular bleach, only stronger. I am probably being somewhat impatient, have only been running pool 3 days. Have had to turn pump off at night so skimmer doesn't fill with leaves, putting too much work on pump. I had to laugh when you said about the leaf rake....have the oversized leaf net, knew what Robert was talking about. Leaves are so dirty, think most important thing is to just keep working at getting them out, then get chemical in balance, and keep adding bleach. Love this forum, really good advice and great people, thanx for quick responses.