HELP with Green/Brown Water

[poolrookie]

11pm update:
chlorine still over 10
ph down to 7.4

Pool looks a little lighter green today after the 3 gallons of bleach last night...haven't added anything today, just vacuumed this morning, backwashed, brushed to mix water up!

Just want to make sure that a high chlorine level as long as ph is fine is okay for my 5 year old to swim in?? really supposed to be hot the next 3 days and will definitely need it...
Anyone got any more guesses about what is needed other than maybe more bleach and filtering to get my light green water clear water, closer to pretty blue clear water??

[PoolDoc]

11pm update:
chlorine still over 10

Just want to make sure that a high chlorine level as long as ph is fine is okay for my 5 year old to swim in??

Safe, yes.

Comfortable and non-irritating?

I'm not sure. You haven't ever reported your stabilizer level. If the CYA=0ppm, 10ppm FC could be pretty irritating to skin and eyes. If CYA>30ppm it should be fine. Read the "Best Guess" page linked in my signature.

Anyone got any more guesses about what is needed other than maybe more bleach and filtering to get my light green water clear water, closer to pretty blue clear water??

You need to stop asking this question. In the pool biz, that question is heard as, "Sell me something more!" If you ask it at the pool store, they will LOAD YOU UP with expensive and mostly useless chemicals.

The product you need is one we've called P.O.P., but you already have it available and won't have to go buy it. You just have to decide to use it.

(P.O.P. = Pool Owner Patience)

[poolrookie]

Thanks for all the info Poodoc, CYA level is 10, so chlorine might be irratating! Will check it this morning, as hot as it supposed to be it should start coming down, that will help! I understand about what what else should i do question. Patience is definitely not one of my strong suits! But will try... Will get some stabilizer though and hang it in skimmer.

[PoolDoc]

CYA level is 10, so chlorine might be irritating!

If it's really 10, it will probably be OK. But I don't know how you'd know that: no testkits measure that low.

[poolrookie]

I guess i meant my CYA is 10 and my Alkalinity (says with stabilizer correction is 27) This is from my print out from the water test i received tuesday evening. Chlorine still above 10 this morning, that means it's been that way for almost 48 hours. ph is still reading a little high, but that could be do to the chlorine high levels right? Should have a good kit by tomorrow hopefully! will help tremendously.

[poolrookie]

Had a good time in the pool today, about 100 degreens. Lighter shade of green, still can just barely see the bottom step of the ladder. Chlorine level still 10+ and PH is 7.6
Put stabilizer in sock in skimmer to start bringing it up some. Hoping another couple of days it will start getting more towards blue than green!

[PoolDoc]

I'm still skeptical about that CYA reading -- with a CYA of 10 ppm, chlorine added in the AM would be gone in the PM if it was a sunny day. But, I'm not sure I've followed the sequence of your chlorine additions.