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Thank you all for your input. To clarify, as mentioned in my initial posts I have been going through the process of shocking for 3 weeks, and have probably shocked it 6+ times at 1 gallon and more recently 2 gallons each time. Algaecide was added at the beginning and the water has not been...

Sorry for continued questions, but I just want to make sure I have this right. When you say shock it to bring it up to 15-20 ppm, do you mean free chlorine? Your calculator tells me I would need 2 gallons of 10% chlorine to achieve free chlorine of 15 ppm (13,500 gallon pool). Kmart has a...

Ok Thanks. Regarding testing every hour. Will the chlorine have a chance to fully circulate in that time?

Thanks for suggestion. Should we try to test for Ammonia levels? We are adding cyanuric acid which hasn't finished dissolving yet. Would the flattening or decrease in cyanuric acid levels confirm that it's being converted to ammonia?

We are experiencing a strange problem and would appreciate it if somebody could offer any suggestions. This is our 6th year with a 24' round above ground pool and never had this problem before. It's like our pool is eating the chlorine as fast as we put it in. Upon startup we've shocked the...