fc- 5.0 which is as high as my kit goes, tc is the same, ph is 7.4 to 7.5 but then ten minutes later the color changed i think thats just from the red solution being from last year, alk is at 130ppm, brom is 6.5 to 11.0 and stabilzer seems to be 15? i dont care for this shot in the dark test kit. aqua chem kit! I have a hayward 1.5 hp pump and what looks to be about your average 200lb sand filter. Ive only been using liquid bleach i assume its about 5.25% concentrate and household baking soda. other than that i tried "shock" when i first started this over 3 weeks ago but it did much of nothing and some chlorine tabs which ive now done away with and a bottle of algaecide 50. The water is a light green color you can see down about 18". The brown on the side of the inside of the pool seems to be coming off. I thought i was making headway with the water lightening up in color but today i went out and found a nice pile of decaying leaves in the middle of the pool so i scooped what i could up with the pool rake.

We bought this house a couple months ago and just really got moved in then i started up with the pool. It problably wouldve been a better idea to take my shotgun out back and see how many holes i could blow in it with bird shot lol. seems like a big waste of time and money! sorry to be gloomy but this is ridiculous to me the only reason im still going is because of all the time and money ive put in already. Ive got a kids birthday next weekend and was trying to get it going for that but im just real unsure thats gonna happen, oh well theres always the sprinkler and hose kids!