thanks for the reply. i took a water sample to the pool store knowing i was gonna get charged out the butt but its my last resort. their results were
free chlorine 6.2ppm
total chlorine 8.2ppm
combined chlorine 2.0ppm
ph 7.8
hardness 20ppm
alkalinity 177ppm
cyanuric acid 54ppm
copper 0
iron 0
nitrate 7ppm
phosphate 100 ppb
total dissolved solids 830 ppm

they recommended i use 1 lb of ph minus
wait an hour add 10 lbs of calcium
wait an hour and add 2 pounds of shock calcium hypochlorite . I've been using dichlor.

also they have my pool posted as 4,500 gallons i thought my 15 ft intex was 5500 gallons.
im pretty sure i went through this once last year and they sold.me the same stuff and it worked and i was able to keep other clean the rest of the year with dichlor, tablets and baking soda. they said it would be safe to swim in tomorrow. boy i hope so