I hope i catch you before you add 8-10 gallons of bleach to your pool! That is WAY too much for a 10K pool. 8 gallons will take your chlorine up to 48ppm which can damage your liner. In a 10K pool, each quart of 6% bleach will add 1.5ppm of chlorine.
Any idea what your CYA (stabilizer) reading is? How about your pH level? What did you use for chlorine last season?
Do not use anything other than bleach right now and Borax if your pH is below 7.0. You cannot get an accurate pH reading when your chlorine is high, by the way. For now, until we know some actual testing numbers, just take your chlorine up to 12. Test as many times per day as you can, and each time add enough bleach to get back to 12. Run the pump 24/7 while you are trying to clear it up and clean your filter as needed. What type of filter do you have?
Repost with requested info and keep us posted how it is going. Hopefully you'll get your test kit soon! Welcome to the forum!
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