Thanks watermom!! I was beginning to wonder if anyone was around here lately

Well an update: I can see the bottom of the pool. There is some gunk that I've been slowly getting with the vac. I do it until the water is cloudy again and then I wait.

That's good to know I should be testing the chlorine a few times a day. I start that now. My test doesn't go above 5 so I'm not sure how to know I'm at 12. Any advice. Someday I'll get a better test but it's not in the budget right now.

It's too cold here to swim yet anyway but we wanted to get an earlier start this year since we have the solar panels now.
Thanks
Ellen