I'm sorry I didn't get back to you quicker. I have had a really busy day.
I hope you are drizzling in the bleach. Once your pump is full, go ahead and take a full set of readings and post them.
You'll want to add about 5 lbs. of stabilzer to your pool. That will take you to about 40ppm of CYA. Add it slowly to the skimmer so as not to clog the pipes. CYA dissolves slowly, so you'll want to make sure you run your pump 24/7 for at least the next 4 or 5 days while it is dissolving in your filter. Don't test for it for a week so you won't waste your reagents and don't backwash the filter after you add it or you'll just throw it out.
During the first week until the CYA registers, you'll have to test and add bleach 2 or 3 times per day and each time, add enough bleach to get back up to around 5. (In your pool, each quart of 6% bleach will add about 1ppm of cl.) It won't stick around long as it will be lost to the sun. After you get it to register, you'll be able to go to testing and dosing with bleach in the evenings only. Then, you'll want to maintain your chlorine between 3-6ppm all the time.
Once we see your set of readings, someone here can make other suggestions for tweaking chemistry levels. Hope this helps!
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