I have been reading your forum for several weeks now and adding bleach like a crazy person. In fact the people at Wal-Mart are questioning what I am doing with all the bleach and I'm afraid the FBI is going to show up at my door. This morning, after a downpour of rain yesterday and last night, I went to the pool to vacuum to waste. As I was there, doing my thing, I found a frog - GIANT - about the size of a man's big toe, living in my pool, acting like he owns the place.

I'm over trying to help myself. I need professional help! And I'm gonna need someone to come remove that frog!!!!

The pool was PERFECT, for the first time in YEARS, on May 20th for a party. Then we went out of town for Memorial weekend and it got HOT, like 90+ outside, and we have been fighting the pool ever since. And I am tired of pool store people just trying to sell me things.

Since I got my kit in the mail, I have the following data:
7-5 (7:00pm) Combined chlorine: 0 / Free chlorine: 0 / Alkalinity: 120 / pH: 7.6 / Cyanuric acid: 200 / Treatment: I added 17.25 gallons of bleach
7-6 (5:45pm) Combined chlorine: 0 / Free chlorine: 14 / Alkalinity: 120 / pH: 7.6 / Cyanuric acid: 160 / Treatment: n/a
7-8 (5:20pm) Combined chlorine: 0 / Free chlorine: 50 / Alkalinity: > / pH: purple / Cyanuric acid: 160 / Treatment: Just before sample, I added 14.2 gallons of bleach and determined that I should not take a sample immediately following adding stuff.
7-9 (9:30am) Combined chlorine: 0 / Free chlorine: 47.5 / Cyanuric acid: 160 / Treatment: n/a
it POURED all afternoon and thru the night
7-10 (11:00am) Combined chlorine: 1 / Free chlorine: 36 / Alkalinity: 150 / pH: purple / Cyanuric acid: 160 / Treatment: vacuumed to waste before I took sample

So, please help me. What do I do? Am I even on the correct path? My kids would like to swim this summer!
Thank you,
Kara

Type of pool and volume: 26,000 in ground vinyl lined
Type of filter and size of pump: Hayward Pro series sand filter Model S244T and Century Centurion 1.0 HP (I have pics of equipment if needed)
important: last summer I replaced the sand in the filter