ok, thanks for the help. I poured in the anti-freeze. I also lowered my water to below my return lines. mikemedic, it sounds like you don't lower the water that low? I grabbed a pool closing pamphlet from my pool store and it said to lower the water below the return lines, blow the lines out, plug the returns and then raise the water level up again to a few inches below the skimmer. What would be the reason for raising the water up again?