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I have not tested yet today, but I was shocking. I was still going to continue with shocking tonight. I can't test my CYA as my stuff to test it is all gone already so I will have to get more. I will go test the other stuff.

Ok so I finally had a nice pretty clear pool this morning, than the kids got in it for a bit and now it is cloudy again. Now what???

After I get the pool clear and everything taken care of what are my steps to maintain it? And to the previous poster it is a metal frame pool.

My CYA is now down to 50, but I reread the post and I did not let it circulate for a couple hours, myabe an hour. So the CYA might be down even more by that time. So than what do I do to get some clear water?

HELP Posts merged by moderator I had another post but did not get much response on it. I have been reading and went and bought a new tester. I only have wal-mart near me so I got the HTH 6 way drop test. I was using the strips. A little bit of info. We have the Intex 15' x 4' above ground...

Well I could kind of see the bottom of the pool today so something must be working. I hope over the next week or so I will be able to get things under control and have a nice clear pool. My chlorine level did not drop overnight like it has been so hopefully that is a good sign.

I don't have a pool store near me so i can't do that. Since I put the pool up I have shocked it twice. I have put 3 lbs of baking soda, lots of clarifier, some bleach and than I just started putting in the balance stuff (the stuff that helps the cya).

I have been spraying out the filter several times a day to try and keep it clean.

It is the cartridge filter. Oh someone told me to use baking soda to make the water clear.

So we put up the pool for the season last week or so. Since than I have been trying to get the pool water clear. It is cloudy. I was just reading and I am thinking it may be because the CYA is at 0 when I test it. So I saw someone mention to someone else that has the same size pool (15 x 48)...