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"How are you testing? Pool store? Your own kit? What kind?" Taylor Test Kit recommended here.

Came back to a green swamp on June 25th. Balanced the pool chemicals and started in earnest to keep the shock level up on June 27th. Convincing my son to get into the swamp and scrub/vaccum was interesting. I am 12 days into it and it is cloudy. After 6 days it turned into a slightly...

I shocked the pool with 2-96 oz bleach on Sunday. There is no algae visible. The sidewalls are quite slimy so I need to get in, BRRRR, and scrub the walls. Sorry, I did not take a full set of numbers as I thought I was doing something wrong with the CYA test.

I have read through pool school almost everyday for the last 2 weeks, Thanks for the great info. I bought my test kit from the recommended providers. I got the K-2006. I figured I would start with measuring the CYA to figure out how much bleach I needed to add. Last night I tested the CYA...