I'm new to the forum so I will give a brief rundown on what I got going on. I have a 24' round above ground pool (approx. 13.500 gallons). I opened it up last weekend and it had gone really green for some reason. I have always used the 3" chlorine tabs and pool essentials 1lb bag shock and had great success with it for several years. Well, I shocked it good with about 7 pounds of shock and went ahead and through 3 tabs in the floater. I gave a day or 2 and it turned back blue but was very cloudy. I then checked the TA and PH and there is no TA at all and the PH is 6.8. I only have the Taylor K-1004 which does not test CYA. I ended up carrying a water sample in yesterday and they just called and verified I had no alkalinity and low PH but my CYA was 151!!!! I really want to follow the BBB method this season and was looking for advice on what to tackle first. I assume I need to get the CYA down before I try and add the baking soda to get my TA up. Is my only option in getting the CYA down to drain half the pool and start from there? I have already spent more on chemicals than I want to and come up being a waste because everything keeps canceling itself out with other levels being so far off. What is the best step by step to overcome my issues?
Thanks
Jason
Thanks
Jason