Ok, so opened er up today. The strong storm three weeks ago blew part of the cover into the pool dumping some NASTY water and several leaves in it. The next evening I dumped a whole bottle of algaecide 60 in there and recovered the pool. Upon cover removal today it really wasn't that bad. Just a bunch of worms, leaves n stuff and a slight "cloudy" look to the pool. I used the leave net and pulled out as much as I could, vacuumed and then let the barracuda get as much as it could after that. I put in the 2nd bottle of algaecide in today and the chlorine in the skimmer. I checked the levels and the ph was decent, slightly low and the alkalinity was good too? Where should I go from here.

Oh...BTW...After filling it for 3 hours to a nice level for the skimmer to desire, and after all that work, the #@$% hose blew off of the aqualuminator. SOOOO I lost all the EXTRA freakin water I put in it and am in the process of doing it again..(filling). So...I have to wait till tomorrow to start circulating.

Should I be leaving the chlorine in the skimmer for now? When do I if I need to "SHOCK" the water??? Please...any advice is welcome.
Thanks guys...glad to have this site back on my "favorites" it sure has taught me a lot.

Happy swimming.