Fire In The Hole - A Successful Pool Pump Start Up!

So, after working all morning delivering packages and saving a BIG turtle, I was able to finally spend a couple hours on my pool.

Since removing the cover, I've added (10) bottles of liquid shock to the water, which did a great job a killing most of the algae however, the dead algae, leaves and "stuff" sunk to the bottom and was a filthy mess, YUK!

This afternoon I fired up the pump, with fingers and toes crossed, and vacuumed most of the YUK off the bottom and straight out the drain pipe.  That also allowed me to lower the water level to it's appropriate and desired level.

Once that was completed I pulled the filter apart and cleaned all the YUK off, put back together and fired her up again, this time recirculating the water through the filter and back into the pool.

Here is what the water looks like some 3 hours later - 

However, the filter needs to be pulled apart again and cleaned, as it's now running too high with all the YUK stuck to the filters.

I'm at least making progress.

I will tell you that it's "shocking" at the prices of both liquid and powered shock this season (see what I did there?!?!)!  I may need to get a second job or perhaps I'll try a GoFundMe page...