refilling advice

We have a pool that is swamp like at the moment with frogs, turtles, and is a dark brown color. We are going to empty it to do some work, but I imagine inside of the filter is just as bad. When we open the pool back up with fresh water, I really don't want to introduce algae back into the pool...

Our pool is 1 year old. The plaster company is coming over tomorrow to do a full acid clean and power wash to fix staining issues that occurred during the build out/curing so I need to drain it today. I found a few threads in here and read, but didn’t find what I was looking for (and learned a...

Hi all! Happy to be here and posting. I've been reading pool school and all resources for the past few weeks and am hoping I'm on the right path, though I believe the only answer at this point is to drain and replace. I am trying to avoid right now. We did accidentally drain and replace about...

I'm in the process of purchasing my grandparents house with an in ground pool with a vinyl liner circa 1975 ish. About 5 years ago, my grandfather closed/covered the pool because he didn't want to take care of it any more. Unfortunately, he passed away so I have very little knowledge of the...