I'm fine with using bleach. Saving money sounds good too. I do know the HTH drops don't test the chlorine high enough, but I can't afford the Taylor kit currently. I will have to use the best guess method. Can someone clarify? I read it several times and the method doesn't make sense to me.

I retested today (with HTH drop kit):
Chlorine - over 5 ppm - on strips it read around 10 ppm
pH - 7.5
TA - 240 ppm
TH - 400 ppm
CYA - 30-35 ppm

The water is still cloudy. It started to turn a light green color. It's possible we haven't killed all the algae. I know the TA and TH are also adding to the cloudiness in combo with the calc-hypo. Of course, our filter isn't the greaters either.

What steps should we take at this point to try and clear the water? We are still running the filter practically 24/7 and cleaning cartridges once or twice a day.

Thanks for the help.