Thanks again Marie for mapping it out for me step by step.

I went to get bleach and pucks to start putting some stabilizer in the water but all Walmart had was HTH pucks that had copper added in them as an algaecide. Do I want that? I am trying to get away from putting copper in the water not add more. Are there pucks that don't have copper in them? I am thinking I might be better off to just order some stabilizer online.

I also decided I would check my calcium level since you asked about it earlier.....I tested it twice and both times came up with 100! The pool dealer kept telling me my calcium level was fine ....isn't 100 too low for a concete/plaster pool (which appears to have been painted too before we moved here)?

I haven't added anything yet b/c I just today had a chance to go get bleach and we are also dealing with trying to find a leak

Do I need to increase the calcium before adding bleach/stabilizer?