Help! I'm ready to pull my hair out!

[mortimay]

I did a test around 12:30pm yesterday and my pH looked to be about 7.0 so I added 1/4 box of borax. I checked the chlorine around 4pm and it looked about 9 (shotglass method) so I added one gal of 10%. I haven't added anything else since then.

[CarlD]

Sounds good. How's the water looking?

Carl

[mortimay]

The green is gone. I need to vacuum again to get what I missed on the bottom of the pool. The water is a bit cloudy, but I can see the bottom.

[CarlD]

On the right track!

Carl

[mortimay]

What is my next step? Do I continue to keep the chlorine at 12 or should I be getting it down to swimming level?

[CarlD]

I would keep it at shock level until the water is clear. But that's me.

Carl

[mortimay]

Will do. When the water is clear, do I just allow the chlorine level to drop? What about the pH and Alk?