pH/Alkalinity a little too comfortable?

[aylad]

The 10 mL test is just fine, and it will make your reagents last a lot longer. If your CC has been over 1 ppm, then you need to shock the pool, because that's probably creating more of the irritation than the pH was. With a CYA of 40, then you need to raise your chlorine level to 15 ppm and hold it there until the CC goes to zero, and until you can go from sundown one night to just before sunup the next morning without losing any chlorine.

Janet

[Watermom]

List the ingredients of the granular shock you are using. Some pool companies are making 'voodoo' mixes of their chemicals these days, some of which are not good for your water.