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Update!! Hubby and I decided that we weren't getting anywhere with our murky blue water situation (which I am still crediting to the "ultimate 7 in 1 shock" that I put in it. Back washing and rinsing the sand kicked out water that looked like light blue milk. I went ahead and hooked up the...

Ok I'm about at my witt's end. I'm still working on getting the pH lowered, but it's starting to come down. I've added a total of 4 gallons of 10% chlorine now without any change. Free chlorine was still 0 before I added another gallon this morning. The water is still very cloudy and blue. The...

I picked up an HTH 6-way test kit. Here's what I got: Cl 0 pH 8.2 Alk 120 TH 280 CYA 0 (assuming that's what it means that the black dot in the bottom of the tube never disappeared when looking from the top). I also picked up some HTH liquid chlorinator 10%. I put roughly half a gallon in and...

Yes we are glad that we have it too. From what I've heard it saves a lot on chemicals. As far as adding bleach, what's the best way to do it to avoid bleaching the liner and about how much should I expect to add in all? I'll need to stop at the store to stock up :)

Thanks for all the info. I forgot to mention that we do have the Intex salt water system that will be turned on once we get the pool clean and clear. Does that change anything as far as adding bleach right now? The salt water pump is attached, but I haven't added salt to the pool yet so...

I have the HTH 6 way test strips, probably not the best but it's all I've ever used in the past. I repeated it again and here are the results: TH 200 FC 0 pH 8.4 TA 180 or 240 it was hard to tell CYA 30-50

We've had our 16x48 intex ultra frame pool for the last two years. We drain about half the water for the winter then refill in the spring. Last year when opening the pool I triple shocked it which got the water clear in a day or so. Then I vacuumed it and we were good to go. This year when I...