Hi bjlind,

Unfortunately, "buying what they told me to buy" isn't a good idea at the pool store--they tell you to buy as many things as possible, because that's how they make money--and those things may or may not help fix your problem!!

These things will help us help you better:
1) Fill out the pool info chart here, Pool Chart Entry Form

2) Give us a list of what all you put into the pool (ingredients, NOT product names like "shock" or "algaecide"

3) Test for chlorine again, using the dilution method--dilute your pool water sample 1:1 with distilled water, mix well, and test from a sample of the mixture--then multiply your result x 2. Ignore the BR reading, unless you've added something with bromine to the pool. Unless you have done that, it's just a chlorine pool.

4). Is the water green/cloudy? green/clear? any metals in your fill water? What normal method of chlorination do you use?