pool green - chemical imbalance?

[roadrunner]

thank you so much CarlD! i left the floater in there so i should pull it out as well huh? i kinda figured i had it in shock with all the mix and too much chemicals and it kinda locked up my chlorine from doing anything so i figured my best bet was to stop it all and start over with bleach and borax. will get right on those tomorrow and update.

[Watermom]

Take the floater out and just hit it with bleach as Carl suggested.

[roadrunner]

okay, the floater is out. i put in 4 jugs of the 1 gallon 46 oz from wal-mart. i also put in on 4 lb box of the borax to start with and have the pump/filter running. i have sprayed the filter clean about every hour. now i tested the water 2 hours later and here are my results:
TH: 200
FC: 5
pH: 7.8
TA: 80
CYA: 30-50

do i just wait and be patient to see if this clears it up or does the FC need to be higher to burn out the algae?

[Watermom]

Take your chlorine up to about 12 and try and hold it there. Test several times a day, the more often the better, and each time add enough bleach to shock it back up there.

[roadrunner]

YEAH!!!!! What a difference the pool looks this morning. the green is now gone but still cloudy so it is going good. here are my levels this morning:
TH: 400
FC: 10+ (off the scale)
pH: 7.2
TA: 40
CYA: 0

so FC is holding good and held overnight. however, the pH came down somewhat and the TA and no CYA. i just added a 4 lb box of soda to bring up the TA. What do i do about the CYA levels and should i add some more borax to bring back up the pH?

i think i'll jump in and vaccum now; didn't want to go into that yucky green, lol.

[JohnT]

Check the chlorine often. With no CYA, the sun will eat it up.

[Bleach=Chlorine?]

It's possible that the CYA was bleached out on your test strips. First step is to get a real test kit - FAS DPD if possible otherwise DPD test - either Ben's or a Taylor test kit.