Fellow Noob here - I had it the same way a few weeks ago, and now have perfect water and have learned tons all due to the help of veterans at this site.

I started out green brown, then went to blue but milk cloudy even at shallow end.

Here is what I did, and what you should kinda do:

Get a liquid/drop test kit - if not the super great kit from the sister site, at least a basic kit from a pool store for 20-30 bucks, but i'd still suggest the better kit from the sister site.

You need to test frequently, maybe 2-3 times daily, for at least ph, FC, TC, CYA. Testing for the other stuff helps even more, and best suggestions will be given to you from the veterans if you have ALL of the numbers and letters, not just some.

I can tell you that the sole reason my pool did not clear quicker was because I did not follow directions from aforementioned veterans at this site. Specifically, I did not test enough, and I continued to throw tons of powdered stuff called shock, super shock, into the pool, which just served to make my pool cloudier and requires even more brushing!

Also, I failed to do what I was told with the bleach/chlorine - I did not raise the level high enough to kill off all the bad bugs that are fighting back at my paltry attempts to add bleach.

In the end, once my pool would maintian a FC above 10, I had clear water. This took one week of my own stupidity and not doing what I was told by this site's members, and then took a mere 1-2 days and approx 30 gallons of bleach over those 1-2 days - added about 8-10 gallons 5% bleach at 3 different episodes about 8-12 hours apart, and whala, normal pool.

Bleach = chlorine, now go find some cheap stuff, a drop test kit, and add alot, cause you need it.

If need be, PM me or reply to this thread, and I will help, but I am not as good as the others. My best suggestion is to search for my previous posts by clicking on my username or using search function, and read my posts, and then do the exact opposite of what I did

Really, it is very simple, bleach is life.

rjf

Oh yeah, keep brushing, and running the filter 24/7 and probably get rid of the pucks for now, but let a veteran confirm that suggestion.