Help! newbie with cloudy water.

[PoolDoc]

Shawn, with a 15' pool, odds are you have an undersized pump, and an even more undersized filter. These will work OK to *maintain* your water clarity, but can take FOREVER to clean up the pool once it's messed up. In your case, this can translate into weeks, not days, to get all the dead algae out.

If you don't mind, that's fine.

But, if you want to swim before mid to late May, it might be better to drain, clean, and refill. (Of course if you have a better filter, etc. then you have other options.)

So . . . what sort of pump, filter and pool do you have?

Ben

PS. Don't worry about your other readings right now. You can lower your alkalinity later. But do add 1/4 gallon of bleach each PM, till you decide what to do: drain, or fix as is. (If you decide to fix as is, you'll need to get some stabilizer or start using diclor to add chlorine.)