Ok, I'm back with great news! We were out of town for the weekend but my granddaughter came over and added 2 gallons of 6% each morning and evening. She doesn't know how to test but since that was pretty much what I'd been adding each day to keep my ppm at 20-25, I just had her add that amount and pray for good results. We came home today to a beautiful BLUE pool, very clear and I would even say "sparkly"!!!! My readings this evening look like this..FC-16 CC-0 CYA-50 ALK-90 PH- 7.5. I assume the CYA is lower because we did so much vac-to-waste and refilling last week. We put the auto vac in and it has been working for a few hours, the bottom is clean as a whistle, although when I was brooming, I stirred up a little something, not sure if it was brown or green!
The water is definitly not cloudy, I'm not sure what dead algae looks like, but I don't think there is any. I haven't added anything to it today as of yet. So I bet now would be a good time to add algecide??? And should I continue to keep my chlorine levels on the high side for safety's sake or let them gradually fall back down to a lower level? What level would you recommend? When is a safe level for swimmers? I have let them swim in the past when it was 10 ppm but not over that.Thank You, thank you for encouraging me through this!