Fighting Algae for months

[rkrgk]

Thanks RedwingT, Spensar.

Today was not as hot as usual, and seems as though the chlorine is holding a bit. I checked the level in the morning and the my HTH kit showed orangish brown color. And retested in the evening and its holding at 6ppm.
I added 5.65 Gal more today. Pool is definitely getting better, but need to hold it there..Picture taken this evening.

[PoolDoc]

With a DE filter, that should clean up very quickly if you run your pump 24/7.

[rkrgk]

Yes, running the pump 24/7.
Still the water is very cloudy (I can not see the bottom and not much of the side), pH is 7.2 but Cl is 1ppm. I guess I need to add more bleach in the evening. Still waiting for the test kit to arrive.
Here is the pic taken today morning

[jwhouse]

If the chlorine reading is correct, then you really need to add some more bleach. With chlorine levels that low, the algae will come right back and with a vengance. Hard to know what your levels should be at until that test kit comes in and we can get some reliable test results but one thing I do know is if your chlorine is only at 1 you will most likely still be growing algae.

[Spensar]

Ditto, better more chlorine than less. I opened greener than you were and kept 20 ppm+ for 4 days to kill the algae dead. You don't want to let the chlorine level get below what the pros here recommended, until the water is clear.

Likely best to not use the floater for now. The pucks you use increases the stabilizer/CYA level.

[rkrgk]

I am not quite sure if all the Alage is gone. Pool is blue, but not clear. Still I can not see the bottom (just the two steps and 2 feet on the side walls) .
I can see that when I test at night, Cl is mostly orange or brownish orange with HTH kit. By morning its 5ppm. So probably I am loosing more than 1 ppm overnight.
As Ben suggested I been adding bleach since 12th. My bleach addition history so far..
8/12/2012 - 8.52 Gal
8/13/2012 - 14.2
8/14/2012 - 8.52
8/15/2012 - 5.68
8/16/2012 - 5.68
8/17/2012 - 5.68
8/18/2012 - 2.84
8/19/2012 - 4.26
Do I need to keep adding at this level or can I cut back a bit now?
And my Taylor 2006c kit is expected to come by Tuesday. So just a day more before I can get the actual Cl levels.

[jwhouse]

I don't think the bleach amount history is as important as the chlorine ppm readings each night and morning. The key is to make sure you are maintaining a high enough chlorine level in your pool to eradicate the algae. I'd say if the water is still cloudy, you may still have algae growing. Usually, the dead algae will settle to the bottom and need to be vacuumed by hand.
Once your Taylor kit arrives start taking regular readings using that and report those. Once again, the best thing you can do is to keep plenty of chlorine in the pool, get good test results on a regular basis and not let up until your pool is clear.