This is my second year with this forum. You guys helped me have the best year for clarity since I have owned my pool. My wife was impressed after nearly freaking out when she saw me adding Borax last year. Now she is a believer in BBB. I ditched the pool frog set up and this year plan on using it to hold di-chlor tablets.
This was me last year: http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...AND-green-pool

I feel pretty comfortable with my water this year, but I am still checking in to make sure I am on the right track.

Today the water tested at 0 CYA and 0 chlorine. Ph was just a tad over 7.

My opening move was to shock to 15 ppm with liquid chlorine (12.5% concentrate that I get from the feed store of all places). I am running the pump 24/7 until clear this year.

The plan: Maintain shock levels (10ppm) until it is mostly clear. Continue to clean the cartridge multiple times a day until clear. Then maintain 2ppm. Once clear then add dichlor tabs. Maintain chlorine levels as directed in the best guess chlorine chart. Let me know is this is the right plan of attack.

Thanks to Doc for the post in my thread to help me determine how much di-chlor to add so I can know how much stabilizer I am adding.

Looking forward to another great clear year of swimming.

On another note I am wishing I started 30 days earlier. when I peeked under the cover beginning of May the water was clear, but here is was still in the 40s overnight. Next year I want to start way earlier so I can be ahead of the algae instead of catching up like this year.