So, I got my pH to 7.2 yesterday and then shocked with bleach yesterday evening. Chlorine level appeared to be 10+ppm using strips (my HTH only measures to 5). Checked chlorine this morning and had 1 ppm using th HTH kit. pH still 7.2.

I discovered that I had calcium scale on my liner as a resulot of my high pH over winter. The water is now very cloudy. I'm running my filter and I think I'm making progress. My pressure gauge isn't working so I am observing water flow to determine when to backswash. I'll get a new gauge on soon so I won't be guessing.

I filled a small glass with pool water to see if the white stuff would settle overnight. The white particles were still in suspension this morning. Am I still dealing with dead algae or also calcium precipitate? When do I go nuclear and use floc?

Also, the kids are dying to jump in the pool. Is it safe for them to jump in for a bit in this condition? I don't want them swimming for long but a few minutes in will make them feel like progress is happening. At least this project has the youngest interested in pool maintenance. He's been using the skim net and helping with the water testing.