18' round 48" high AGP
Sand filter (that can handle a 24' oval)

I posted a week or so ago that we had just opened the pool for the season (late starters!). It was bad, loads of gunk on the cover got into teh water, tadpoles were swimming, frogs were croaking.

Discovered the BBB method this year and are willing to give it a go. We cannot afford the test kit yet, but took a sample to Leslie's and it showed all was well except CYA. We added some. The water got better but still was a bit cloudy/milky.

Then last week we had two days with more swimmers than usual and on Saturday we woke up to a green pool. I've been vacuuming and scrubbing the walls every day, the walls are staying pretty clean but the algae on the bottom is yellow/green and 'powdery' it reminds me of spring when the trees drop their yellow pollen and everything is covered with yellow dust.

We've added 1.5 gallons of bleach 2x yesterday and 3x today and now the ph on the test strip is bright pink, aka way high. How did that go wonky on us?

I know, I know, buy a good kit...we will...soon.

Any suggestions?