Emergency filter
I opened up the pool yesterday and realised I had everything but a fresh filter. Turns out you can use the stuff that’s inside your (non-feather) pillows. Just place a sponge or some net/mesh to keep the batting from getting sucked into the pump. I used one of those red shop rags from the garage. Funny thing is after running the filter for eight hours it bleached the rag completely white! But the water is being filtered and not stagnating until I’m able to get somewhere that sells the filters. Just thought I’d share in case this saves somebody else the way it saved me.