New Pool Owner, No Chlorine less than 24 hours after shocking.

[PoolDoc]

For now, forget about EVERYTHING but chlorine . . . and let's use bleach, since it's fairly cheap and relatively side-effect-free. So . . .

Turn your pump on, and run it 24/7!

Go to Walmart (or equiv) and

#2 - Get a cheap OTO / phenol red test kit
#3 - Get 30 gallons of plain 6% household bleach.
#4 - Get rid of copper by adding cal hypo to skimmer in 1# doses every 8 hours till used up.
Make SURE (really, REALLY sure!!) you have NO tabs, feeders, cartridges, minerals, gizmos or other chemical thing-a-magidgits installed BEFORE doing this. Otherwise, really bad things will happen. Cal hypo must NOT come into direct contact with any other chemical or device that might have been installed in your piping.
#5 - Once you're done with the cal hypo, add 6 gallons that evening, no sooner than 2 hours b4 sunset. Pour slowly through skimmer.
#6 - Test chlorine with OTO 1 hour after adding bleach.
#7 - Test next morning no later than 2 hours after sunrise; report those readings in this thread.
#8 - If chlorine in evening is below 5 (strong yellow); repeat.

=> No such think as "locked up" -- read "best guess" page linked in my sig for fuller explanantion.