Crappy simple salt system and frustrated

[Katixc05]

Ok, ok, I read through pool school and several threads and I see that this system is trash. Opening the 24' round pool this year was yucko...green and slick. We did the whole prime and shock and ended up with cloudy white. And here is where I've dumped so much $$$ thanks to pool store before I found you. Could you look over my process and see if there is something I'm missing and need to do? I do not have the Taylor yet (I know, everything else is rubbish). But testing at two different pool stores and my strips yielded the same results. I'm ordering my own today, also so I can stop running around all day.
After the initial shock, we found we had almost no CYA and calcium was extremely low, high ph, and no ph.
Now, after spending $$$$$$ on various products on powdered shock it's still cloudy but numbers are better....
Two days ago i had
FC 2.4
CC .35
Ph 7.6
CYA 42
Calcium 186
Yesterday morning
FC 1.4
CC .21
Everything else the same
So I found you and read a ton and decided I need to Slam. Last night I jumped in and scrub scrubbed and have been running the vacuum.
This morning, I haven't had a chance to go to pool store, but I'm reading basically no chlorine, so I added what the app said for liquid chlorine (12.5% 1 gallon, 3 quarts, 1 cup). I'll test again around noon, same process, 2 stores plus strips. I'll overnight the Taylor if that's available. I'll add in what the app tells me to at that point. So, do I just keep adding chlorine to slam levels until it's clear?

Large cartridge filter has been running 24/7 since the start, with me cleaning the cartridge every 2 days, though the psi was still fine.

Things on my to do list:
Order Taylor (No need to tell me how important it is)
Switch to a SWG (advice on one of those would be awesome, too)

I know this was lengthy, and I appreciate any help.

 

[SJPoe]

Step 1 - Breathe - we got you

Step 2 - You already got this covered - get yourself a good kit - TF-Pro Salt is the best value IMHO, or a Taylor 2006C-Salt (assuming you are planning on going to SWG...otherwise TF-Pro or 2006C). The stirrer is a game changer...honestly, pry it from my cold dead hands...

Step 3 - Keep adding enough Liquid Chlorine for 5PPM / Day - I don't see the pool volume, but looks like you already have a handle on PoolMath so you can figure that out. With your 'estimated' CYA at around 40, that should be good enough until the kit arrives. (Hint : Update your signature so we have those sorts of details - see below !!)

Step 4 - Once the kit arrives, do a full set of tests, post the results. I suspect you'll need to perform a SLAM, but that said, cloudy-white might not be Algae, but we can test for that once you have an accurate kit