Algae and cloudy pool..Someone pleeease help me!!! I NEED ASSISTANCE!

[smoovie]

I have a Taylor test kit...readings this morning were PH 7.4 TA 60 and as far as the chlorine..I added 121 oz. of 8.25% bleach last night and the chlorine test were off the chart dark pink. I also added about 2 lbs of Washing Soda this morning after taking my readings. I can actually see the bottom of the pool to where it starts to slope to the deep end, so I guess I'm heading in the right direction?

Oh, also CYA is around 35.

[PoolDoc]

Why, why did you add "Washing Soda" (soda ash, sodium carbonate)?

Adding stuff you don't have to add, when you are trying to clear the pool, just complicates an already challenging situation! Don't do that again! Add what you must, till the problem is solved, THEN work on tweaking water chemistry!

And, get a K2006 (link in my signature for Amazon) -- "pink" off the chart indicates DPD color match testing, which is NOT reliable at the high chlorine levels needed to clear algae! Get an OTO kit in the meantime.

[smoovie]

I just purchased the other test kit. I added the washing soda to raise the both the PH and TA. My numbers today were...PH 7.6 TA 80. I had been reading here about if the pool water is not balanced it will also create cloudy water. My TA started at 40 and I've been working on raising it. I forgot to mention that I also have an Aqua Chem Chlorine and PH test kit, I'm not sure what OTO stands for. ;-(
Thank you for continuing helping me out, it's much appreciated!

[smoovie]

My pool is still cloudy, I've been adding bleach nightly. I'm waiting on the kit I ordered. I was hoping to be able to swim in it Monday, but that's not looking too good at this point.

I would like to know how I would go about adding Diatomite to perhaps clear up the cloudiness. I vacuumed yesterday, I didn't get much debris in the basket at all, but when I was vacuuming I could see a small bit of brown being stirred up, my PSI didn't rise on my filter so I didn't backwash. Question is though, where is that brown stuff going? I can't vacuum to waste since nothing happens when I put in that mode.

I am also the person who is still waiting on an answer to my 'waste' settting not working in another thread.