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    Confused, pool looks bad but levels say all is well.

    So since my last post, nothing has really changed with the pool, It still looks green to me. I've been regularly changing the cartridge (I have 2, so I've been swapping back and forth, the one that's not in the pump goes in a bucket of bleach water). The pump has been running 24/7. My chlorine...
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    Confused, pool looks bad but levels say all is well.

    Update: Last night after dark: FC-7.5PPM CC-.5PPM Just now (6am, light outside, no direct sun on pool yet): FC-7.5PPM CC-0PPM Didn't really think CC would go down overnight, might chalk it up to the +- of the test.
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    Confused, pool looks bad but levels say all is well.

    Yeah I'm sure my pump & filter is not helping the situation, is it possible that the tint to the water is dead algae and the crappy pump/filter is just not clearing the pool? As for the CYA question, I did put CYA in before the drain and refill, but after refilling it I put some back in, not...
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    Confused, pool looks bad but levels say all is well.

    Fairly new to all this pool chemistry stuff, but I am a research nut so I have probably read this forum for something like 10 hours trying to wrap my head around it. Here's the story. Filled the Intex 4400 Gallon above ground metal frame pool at the beginning of summer, had some problems with...