Trying to clean up pool-swamp; Pentair DE filter stops up almost instantly

[Rrb22286]

I have added stabilizer it's a lil low still be not to bad. I do have the pump on recirculate not through the pump. It has gone to a really light green I did scoop out some more debris from the bottom before I added the bleach last night hard to tell if I got it all. But I'm pretty sure most is out. It has had 2 years of stuff on the bottom due to the last owner not having it running starting to think I should have just drained it. Ha. But I will give it another dose of chlorine

[PoolDoc]

I can't emphasize this enough: like Yoda said, "Do, or do not. There is no 'try'".

With algae, if you're not winning, you're losing. Do NOT sweep till the water is gray. Do NOT be conservative in how much chlorine you add. (But, do not dump chlorine powder on the liner, unless you want a bleached liner!). Do NOT let it be green!

"really light green" = You are LOSING! You will be very unhappy, if you personally discover how fast established algae can re-grow, rendering all your work to date pure wasted effort. Add chlorine till it's gray, THEN clean and sweep . . . and add more chlorine!

The amount of chlorine needed to clean a swamp is HUGE. If you have the valves to do it, vacuum piles of algae sludge to waste.

[Rrb22286]

Added another ten gallons last night checked the cl lvls this morning and they are still passed the scale of the oto but it's still very light green add more bleach tonight or should I vacuum some algae to waste?

[PoolDoc]

If you have the capability to vac-to-waste, yes, that would be good. Just make sure the chlorine is high when you do ANYTHING to stir it up.

[Rrb22286]

If you have the capability to vac-to-waste, yes, that would be good. Just make sure the chlorine is high when you do ANYTHING to stir it up.

Yes i have a multi port valve.. As of this morning it was still past the oto scale almost home to check it again but I got more bleach.