This is the 3rd year opening our pool and haven't had any problems until now. Although I suppose we've done good to make it to the 3rd year with minimal problems

33' x about 4' deep Round Above Ground

We bought the pool from someone wanting it taken down and installed ourselves with a new liner. That was fun! Did some looking around on-line the first year and somehow found a product called the Floatron. Bought it and used very minimal chlorine the first summer as well as last summer. Basically it releases copper into the water but from what I've read on here it is a pretty $200 floating device??

Anyway the cover we had on the pool this winter did not seal it - it was woven and progressively stretched until there were tons of small holes by the end of the winter. We were'nt even having to pump water off the top anymore. When we pulled the cover back it was a green slimy mess (the year before the cover had busted through a seam and dump leaves and debris towards the end of winter but the water was fairly clean I assume b/c it didn't let light through)

We have bought opening and closing kits from the pool store every year. The year used the 2 bags of "shock", 2 bottles of "algaecide" and it also had a "metal agent" that I did not use b/c I had no idea what it was for. Let the pump run for 24hrs, brushed the sides, vacuumed, "shocked" again before bed and threw in the floating feeder with tablets and the floatron. This is exactly what we did last year and it worked great - we had clear water within a couple days. But I assume b/c the walls had algae and the water was more green is why it's continuing to get cloudier and cloudier?

I have been re-searching the BBB method the last couple of days and I'm intrigued. I haven't bought a test kit yet - I have always used strips from Wal-Mart. They show that I have non-existent ph and alkalinity. Free chlorine ranges from 0-3 depending on when I test. My mother-in-law bought me a bottle of chlorine granules and I was thinking about shocking it again when I get home just to use it up before I started the BBB method but I realized I have no idea how to even go about it and I can't seem to find anything the tells ratios. Like if your pool is this size, use this much of this. But I guess that's the point of using the test kit, huh? So you know how much of what to use to raise ceartin levels by xx amount?

So my question is this - Cloudy - light green tinged water - Where do I start? Shock the heck out of it with bleach? How much? How do I put it in?

Add Borax to raise my ph? How much and how?

Add Baking Soda b/c I don't have alkalinity either? How and how?

Teach me please