ok, so I got my taylor testing kit in and just went out and ran a few tests...

Something apparently got into the strainer and died, so my PH was below 7.0 or right at it. Just dumped 4lbs of borax into the water.

Now the thing that is confusing me is the CYN Acid test... I filled up the little bottle to the 7ml mark, added the R-0013 and mixed for 30 seconds, but the water never turned cloudy. I squirted the mixture into the small tube with the black dot, but the dot never "disappeared" when viewing t through the water from the top... Does this mean that my CYN levels are way too low?

Im heading on vacation today, the pool is starting to turn green again... what shoudl I do before leaving to help clear this up? dump a bunch of powder shock to get the CYN levels up?