SO this is the first time owning a pool. Started out the summer doing great never having any issues with chemical levels or anything really. The water always looked so crisp and clean, very clean! So we went on a trip for 3 days and came back to strips of algae on the bottom. I started with high chlorine levels (liquid bleach and hypo chlorine (dry stuff you mix with water)). It started looking better after running the filter 24 hours a day right before a 2 day trip (the very next weekend). I get home today and the water looks clear with less strips along the bottom. I got my intex vacuum and started it. I looked really promising as the areas where it went was clear. An hour after that i come back to a green pool where you can't see the bottom. The weekend after it started, i was applying chlorine heavily and running the skimmer, straight filter and vacuum. The chemical levels haven't looked bad this whole time. CYA is at 50 ppm so i have no idea what to do next. I have a foster girl bday party in a few days so is there anything other than what I was doing before the last trip i should be doing? I feel the last trip messed me up but after 5 days of straight chlorine and 24 filter action, it should be clean. At this point, i feel like emptying and starting over.
HELP! Please!
HELP! Please!