I wasn't going to post until this evening BUT I'm so happy right now i could STING myself!

I removed the pool cover at 11:am, the water has CHANGED. It's no longer swamp mud brown...it's clear greenish/yellowish (hard to discribe) but not milky, clear...WE CAN SEE THE BOTTOM PATTERN ON THE LINER & THE LADDER FEET TOO! Whooot!!!!!!

While it's far from "crystal", it's definitely a change in the RIGHT DIRECTION! and good enough to stop hubby from saying, "I'm gonna call a pool guy come look at it." He actually said, "maybe now I'll get in it." One thing has helped, he's been at work so much he hasn't had time to interfear with my (your) maintenence schedule.

Ok..12 noon the Stablizer/Balancer in a sock (1/2 cup..I started low) went into the pool.

Aylad/Janet..I understand (after reading posts) that the neighbor didn't know WHAT actually cleared his water...he just knew that after adding stablizer it got better, it was the combination of things he was lucky enough to have tossed in the soup mixture. When he tested our water with his strips and chlorine didn't register he said, "oh, mine never registers either...." duh?

If I've come away with anything from this forum..it's KEEP CHLORINE (BLEACH) AT CORRECT LEVELS, everything else will fall into place.