I think our chlorine needs to come up a bit more... This is a brand new pool, never swam in as of yet.

I want to preface saying we had a horrible time getting the PH down. We finally went and bought some HTH ph Minus that took it from 8.4+ to 7.5 and holding. So much for all that expensive bioguard that didn't work so quickly. Our test kit is the one from Walmart. The Taylor 2006 was backordered and should arrive Tue. (yay!)

Numbers are:

Hardness 100 (we have a heat pump, is this number ok?)
TC: 1
FC: 1
PH 7.5
TA 150
CYA: 40

Is this water swimmable? Do we need to drop the TA? The water looks fairly clear and is a light blue. I would like to see a deep intense clear blue that I see in posters avatars.
We currently have Bioguard silk tabs floating and the pool is covered with a solar blanket.
It's been a week since we added chemicals, and according to the bioguard boxes, we are supposed to add some shock and optimizer tomorrow. The tabs are melting, but not completely gone. They say to add weekly. Do you just toss what is left? I assumed the entire tab melted.

Thanks for any help.

P.S, after all this bioguard is gone, I'm going to the BBB method.