Okay... I've been lurking on here for about 3 weeks and I've learned a bit here and there. I am new to pools having bought our house last year with a 15 x 30 inground pool (about 22,000 gallons... I think). So far this year I have not been able to get the green out of the pool much to the dislike of my wife and 4 kids. At first I was just throwing chemicals in...I would go to the pool store and I first bought the opening kit (2 of them for my pool size) and it had some algae killer and 4 gallons of shock... dumped it in the murky green black waters and crossed my fingers. It looked like it was working okay but it foamed like crazy... I read here about that and the bad things algae killer can do. I bought some test strips (bad I know now) and balanced the pH and shocked it a a few more times... still was never able to get the green to go away... I even bought the "Green to Clean" which I don't think did anything. I've bought more chlorine than I care to admit to and I am too far down the rabbit hole to call a pro (I tried earlier in the season tried but they are too busy). Now in the last week or so I bought a K-2006 test kit and saw my CYA was low (non existent really) so I boosted that up. I then shocked the pool again... it's a little less green (can see the bottom of the shallow end kind of) and I have been vacuuming and scrubbing the sides. I put in an extra bottle of chlorine and as of about an hour ago I have the following reading:
pH 7.7
TA 130
FC 9.2
CYA 65
Thanks for any thoughts
pH 7.7
TA 130
FC 9.2
CYA 65
Thanks for any thoughts