If a frog any bigger than the one I have was in there, I would have passed out! Seriously, I do NOT do frogs!

Thanks for the vote of confidence. It helps to hear I am on the correct path.

I am measuring CYA by doing the half tap water, half pool water thing. Like this, the dot is disappearing at 80.

I am not running the filter 24/7, should I be? The water is a cloudy, light green. The algae that accumulates on the bottom is a brownish-yellow color. I am brushing the pool at least once a day. Is all this rain we are getting going to mess me up even more?

Do I add more chlorine now? Do I test chlorine everyday? After all the reading I have done, I feel like I understand CYA and chlorine and the relationship now...but I do not understand the "combined chlorine". What does that mean and what level should it be reading?