Hi, Dave,

Please take this as it is intended . I believe you are simply guessing at what to do to your pool. Do you mean test strips when you say "sticks"?Dave, they are worthless.

Spend $15 bucks and get a drop based test kit and post the following info. FC, CC, Alk, CH, pH, and CYA. Also, can you tell us how many gallons in your pool?

Without the above info, it is almost impossible to give you solid advice on your pool chemistry. Even, if the Alk of 300 is correct (which I doubt a bunch) How will you know what your reading is now? How will you know how to get where you belong?

Please don't add 94 lbs of anything 'til you find out where you are