Bucket test just stayed cloudy white. The pool finally went from green to blue last night. Here are my numbers this morning after testing with the K2006.

pH 7.3
TA 70ppm
CYA is just below 30. The dot disappeared with room for maybe a half a drop in the comparator before it overflowed.
FC=1.2 CC=1.2

Thing about the FC is that I put in almost 3 lbs of 73% cal-hypo last night. It certainly did it's job that time, but woah. I guess I'll be working down the chlorine demand every night for a while longer. At least it's finally blue and inviting.

What are the reasons/advantages/disadvantages to putting the cal-hypo directly into the skimmer?