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You are doing great! I would save the pucks for when you are away from home and not able to add bleach daily. Walmart price for bleach is FANTASTIC. Jf your water is clear, swim and add bleach in the evening until you get your test kit and know what your numbers really are. Enjoy your new pool...

As a temp fix, try wrapping the whole union and nut with plastic/warp-n-seal type wrap to keep air from leaking in. If the union nut is the problem that should allow the pump to prime. Good luck.

Alli, You do not have to retest for CYA unless you have drained some water out of the pool and refilled with "new" water. Your high CYA (90) is keeping your FC from being effective at levels below about 7. You will use less chlorine and be able to maintain a lower FC level if you get your CYA...

As I've read here several times "Chlorine is Chlorine". If you are not seeing any CYA increase and you are using trichlor pucks you must be replacing enough water through backwash, splash out and evaporation to keep CYA steady. The other possibility is Cal hypo pucks which won't increase CYA but...

If this is just a maintenance dose (will not raise FC to shock levels) you can jump in as soon as your done pouring. I would spread my pour among all your returns to get quicker distribution.

Looks like you're getting things under control, your water should be looking better. I would get your PH right (the last I saw you post was 6.8) by adding some borax and not worry about TA now. Your other concern should be your high CYA. Since your water is very economical, I'd drain a foot down...

If you're going to use an extension cord I would get a GFI adapter (plugs into outlet before extension cord) to get some protection from electrical shock. It is not perfect, but is much better than nothing.