Ok folks I got my Taylor testing kit yesterday. It was delivered just before I was to leave for work so I wasn't able to do any testing until this afternoon. The previous post above explain my troubles but I wanted to post my numbers as to get professional advice. So here they are:

FC- .4 ppm -- very low
CC- .4 ppm
pH - is still less than 7 -- I conducted a base demand test it took 12 drops to get to roughly 7.5 ppm
TA - 70 - low end of normal??
CYA- the black dot never disappeared, so I would guess it is low as well..

So with multiple problems, what should I tackle first? I had the pH at an acceptable level a few days ago, but we've had a lot of rain and storms the last 48 hours. I'm not sure if that could change things much or not, but the water is clearer now than anytime before I took the cover off.

I did some shopping while I waited for the test kit to come in. I was only able to find one box of borax at Walmart, and all Sam's had was 8.25% concentrated bleach. I got a case of three. I was able to find a 13.5# bag of baking soda. I will attempt to find a form of stablilizer (suggestions?).

So with that I will wait for more guidance. Once these issues are resolved, it should be just in time to close it.. Boo!!!