1. Lower your pH to at least 7.8 before starting anything else. 8.0 is the upper limit on your kit, which means the ACTUAL pH could be 8.0 OR any value higher. In other words, your pH may be 9.0!

2. You do understand that the copper/peroxide process is (a) not well tested, and (b) SOLELY for the purpose of cleaning 'swamp' pools? That said, if you do try it, I'd love to get a report AND before/during/after pictures -- whether it works, or not.