I wish my pool looked like yours when I open.
I have opened to a green swamp the last two seasons. I blame the pool covers. The original one never leaked, I could syphon off the water all fall and winter and open to clear water in the spring. Now, I can't find a good cover. Eveything starts leaking mid-winter. Pool water seeps up and rain water seeps into the pool. Expensive cover, cheap cover, new cover, old cover - it makes no difference. It also makes getting the cover off the pool a royal pain because I cant syphon off the standing water (new water just seeps through).
I opened my pool Saturday night, and started filtering on Sunday morning (because things decided to spring leaks on Saturday). This morning (Wed) it is crystal clear, and ready to go. I think I used 6 gallons of Pool Chlorine (10%) and backflushed 3 times, so in the grand scheme of things not a big deal, but clear water when I remove the cover is nicer.
A little tweaking of chemicals, and all should be good to go - except for the fact the skimmer drips and I need a new return fitting (that Aqualiminator is junk)
FC - 10 (Floating down from SLAM levels)
CC - 0.5 (or less)
Ph - 7.8 (need to find my acid bucket)
TA - 150
CH - 90
CYA - 30 (It was 40 at closing last fall - lots of rain got in the pool over the winter)
Borates - about 20 - maybe this year I will get around to increasing them
From dark green to this in 3 days - with only bleach.
-dave