Here are my numbers this morning:

I haven't been keeping the shock levels this past week, as closely as I did for at least 2 weeks straight, with no results.

FC 5.5
CC 0
TC 5.5

PH 7.9 (My PH always runs high, even after muriatic acid, it always climbs closer to 8 or stays around 8 before I know it, which I believe Ben said a few years ago, was ok, just to let it ride out around 8 in my situation??)

Alk 90

CYA Still trying to get that up slowly. More than zero, but less than 30?? The test water is now cloudy, and the dot is less visible by far, but I can still see it when the tube is full, so I know my CYA is climbing, just not where I need it yet. Need to add more today. But may wait if necessary to procede further.

So, if sodium bromide is the way for me to go, here are my questions on that:

1) Should I just get the water back up to shock levels for another 2 weeks, since I will be gone all next week. I would rather be the one to do all the chemical additions if it is other than just the bleach.

2) If I start the sodium bromide tomorrow, how much do I use for 11,200 gallon, IG, vinyl pool, and how do I know when to add more? I know it said to shock immediately after adding the bromide to kick it in. Do I just keep the FC at shock levels for the next few days? Sounds like it will take TONS of bleach!

3) Should I just go with the Yellow Out, and then the Phos Free?

4) If I go with the sodium bromide, where do you get that? What is the best way to add it to the pool, I need to re read that thread and may find some of these answers there.

Let me know what y'all would do if you knew you only had this week to really focus on this, and only had a neighbor to add bleach while I am gone for the following week.

Thanks a lot!

Confused and mind boggled on this mustard algae!

John