Cloudy pool that wont hold Chlorine.

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The stuff that he sold you that gets hot is probably cal-hypo which would explain the calcium hardness reading. I wouldn't use it anymore in your pool. By the way, if your CYA is 50, you only need to take the chlorine up to 15ppm when you shock. (Take a look at the Best Guess chart in my signature below.)

Are you certain of the volume? 25K would be a pretty big AG pool. What size is it?

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Its actually around 27K I believe but I have always just used 25K. The pool in 33' diameter with 52" side walls but in the center there is 10' diameter that is 1' deeper than the rest.