what would be more cost effective?

[waste]

Fog, it's your pool and you can do what you want with it, reguardless of what I or anyone else here tells you to do. Following the standard poolforum advice, I'll tell you to get a good test kit before adding anything to your pool. If you do and will post your
cl
tcl
pH
TA - (total alkalinity)
ch - (calcium hardness)
cya -(cyanuric acid-or stabilizer)
Lots of people here will jump in and tell you exactly what and how much of all chems to add to your pool. If you have a vinal pool, you don't need the calcium that your 'sock-it' will add, but you'll need to take it into account when adjusting the chemistry in the future.
It's a tough concept for us Americans to deal with, but only add what your pool needs, in this case more isn't necessarily better.
Good luck with your pool, and know that the members of the poolforum are here to help if you need it!

[fog80]

Fog, it's your pool and you can do what you want with it, reguardless of what I or anyone else here tells you to do. Following the standard poolforum advice, I'll tell you to get a good test kit before adding anything to your pool. If you do and will post your
cl
tcl
pH
TA - (total alkalinity)
ch - (calcium hardness)
cya -(cyanuric acid-or stabilizer)
Lots of people here will jump in and tell you exactly what and how much of all chems to add to your pool. If you have a vinal pool, you don't need the calcium that your 'sock-it' will add, but you'll need to take it into account when adjusting the chemistry in the future.
It's a tough concept for us Americans to deal with, but only add what your pool needs, in this case more isn't necessarily better.
Good luck with your pool, and know that the members of the poolforum are here to help if you need it!

And I appreciate the help. Im not trying to knock anyones advice (cause i know i need it) im just trying to make it a little easier on my back

As of right now:

cl-0 (my pool is a swamp right now with all the algae and crud at the bottom, i will be vacuuming tomorrow. I finished skimming all the leaves off the top today)
tc-0
ph-7.2
ta-100
cya-should be 30 (i had zero and added five pounds yesterday, so i wont know the true answer for a few days)
ch- i havent done a calcium hardness test yet.

I am going to begin supershocking the pool tonight to kill off the algae and try to bring my cl level up to standard.

ps. I have a 25k in ground concrete pool.

Thanks.