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Sodium Hydrochloride!

Today: Intex above-ground 16' diameter circle near 4 ft high with water, total expected volume 6000 gallons, Hayward sand filter, sodium hydroxide Evening 7 pm Chlorine 1, all others Acceptable FC 1 PH 7.8 TA 120 TH 200 CYA 100 HTH strip, numbers from HTH app Added 3 cups Pro-Clor Pool Shock...

This problem started after the pool was left full and uncovered ... ignored .... after the weather got cool. Full of plant matter. Gross.

I am ordering the TF-100 test kit with stirrer. Should I drain at this point? Or keep adding chlorine twice a day until the test kit arrives? Breathing deeply.

I don't know whether to drain or keep fighting. As I review all my errors, they all seem to go back to using test strips. I thought I could not afford a recommended drop test so ended up spending same money on lots of chemicals. Result is less murky and less green water. So I think my first...

I have studied and followed all guidelines but I cannot get the green out (is not as murky now). Frustrating because one day I need to add pounds of phdown, next day needs chlorine, need to vacuum because all levels are right except low chlorine, another day need to add more pounds of phdown...

My first pool is an Intex knock-off 13' round pool and I have been loading it with gallons of bleach over the past few weeks. I have been using Clorox test strips and have to get out there and do a "swim & scrub" and net clean every evening, fighting the green monster daily. We have had weeks of...