Dh is on board ~ he'll do whatever you tell us to do. I cannot give you specific numbers for any of the water tests except for the test I had done at the pool store a week ago. (A new test kit is in transit.)

Since my original post, we have been keeping the chlorine levels high, higher than our current test kit can measure. It dropped down into the swimming range long enough for the kids to swim and then I shocked it again using the remaining bag of shock that we had. Since then I have been adding laundry bleach to keep it high. Today it is cloudy (can't see the bottom at all) but definitely looking clearer ~ no green today. The ph test came out just a smidge dark than 7.2 but definitely not as high as 7.5.

Our temps have been in the upper 80's and for the next few days will be soaring back into the mid-90's. We did add stabilizer (the pool store indicated it was at 25 and the range was 30-150?) and have had no problem keeping the chlorine levels up since. So where do we go from here? The test kit won't arrive for possibly another week so I'm kind of flying in the dark. Will it clear without using a clarifier? The filter is not showing any green anymore after running for a few hours.

One more thing: I did fill out the pool chart entry form as requested and submitted it but I'm afraid I wasn't able to find any information on the pump. It's the standard pump that came with the pool when we bought it this spring.