Chlorine is way high - and I'm in a panic!

[AUSpool]

Thank you for the quick replies. As I said originally, I know I'm probably not following all of the correct Forum protocols because I AM in a bit of a panic. So I'm sorry if I'm offending anyone with my emotional and incomplete post. As I also said I'd really love to have someone do this for me, but that's not an option. I'll try to provide the best information possible.

Here are some photos. I use the HDX test kit, but also have the strips because our pool lady told us that's the only way to test for stabilizer. Which results here seem odd, though, because it's showing low, and we just added it!View attachment 648458View attachment 648459View attachment 648460View attachment 648461
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Here's the info on our pool: It's a Hayward 8,250 gallon fiberglass saltwater

I'll gladly provide any other info I can figure out!!

Geday and welcome to TFP.

I’m not going to rehash the existing advice, your in good hands.

I would just say to be careful of false economies. You’ve probably spent somewhere in the order of $100k on a new pool and you’re testing and managing it with a $10 kit. Self testing is not that hard, yes there is a bit to learning curve in the beginning but it soon becomes second nature and there’s no end of special helpers. A quality kit with a magnetic stirrer will pay for itself in no time and nobody can care for your pool like you can.

TFtestkits is the best value for money for a quality kit, if I could I would but I’m stuck with what I can get.

We don’t generally like the results from the test strips but in your case they are affected by high chlorine interference. Any FC value over 10ppm voids all the results. The pH in the HDX drop test is also affected by FC above 10ppm but you can just just assume your pH as around 8ish and add muriatic to bring it back to 7.6.