algea in pool

[tara15]

im back again. everything was fine until i went on vacation. I had my mother in law watch and bleach the pool to no avail. the pool is now completely green. she said she put a 3 quart bottle of bleach in the pool per day but im not so sure. And now, my drop test kit is missing, and walmart doesnt have anymore pool supplies. Im using the test strips and they say the free chlorine is 10+. I also forgot to mention that my pool is covered at least 50% by a tree with leaves and debris falling in. I have spent so much money in this pool, that i feel like draining it completely, cleaning up the remainng algea and starting from scratch. I dont know what to do anymore. do you think the tree could be the problem? any help would help

[aylad]

Three quarts of bleach in your pool is only enough to raise your Cl by about 3 ppm daily. With a tree constantly dropping stuff in your pool, and with your CYA level as high as it is, your chlorine demand is much higher than that. You need to get your pool back up to shock level until it clears up again, and it will probably take a few days.....and then when you let it drift back down, don't ever let it go below 8, or you are going to have continual algae blooms.'

Janet