I sure wish I had found the Pool Solutions web site in 1997 when I bought a house with a pool (10K gal vinyl)! I have been at the mercy of the pool store associates - and have the cabinet full of pool chemicals to prove it. I've been fighting a never ending battle with algae for the last few years. I'm migrating to the BBB method of maintaining my pool.

My current readings are:
Total & Free available chlorine is 5 ppm
CH 220
TA 120 (down from 190 using muriatic acid & aeriation)
PH 7.6
TDS 900

So far I have changed out about 30% of my pool water and CYA is still reading 100+. I'll continue to do 10% a day until I get CYA under 100. Using the Pool Calculator, I'm adding 80 oz of 8.25% chlorine every day to get my chlorine up to 6ppm. When I check the chlorine level the following day it is down to 2 ppm.

Is 6ppm chlorine a good target for now, and will my chlorine consumption level out after I get CYA under 100?