Getting Started AG SWG pool

[jhebert121]

Still didn't get a chance to lower my pH : /, but the bucket, I did the test in, is still completely white.

[PoolDoc]

I did the test in, is still completely white.

Ok, that almost completely rules out metals in your pool water. It also means you can't trust your pool store tests much at all.

If you access to a Sams Club nearby, and it fits your budget, they have 50lb buckets of dichlor for $105 . . . which is a VERY good price in most parts of the country. Dichlor will add BOTH chlorine and stabilizer.

Also, you HAVE to get a cheap OTO/phenol red kit (yellow chlorine drops) -- you need that regardless of the K2006, since it will keep you from using up the K2006 too soon. Once you have that, use it to check your chlorine.

Add 4 gallons of bleach every evening - not daytime - till your algae is gone. Then cut back to 2 gallons per day. (If you can get the dichlor now, it will be cheaper over the long run, and make things easier.) Dichlor is also available from Amazon for about $3 - $4/lb:
Kem-Tek Dichlor @ Amazon 12lb => 49 + 0
Kem-Tek Dichlor @ Amazon 22.5lb $75 + 0