Long story short
Just bought the house in September. My first pool. It never was crystal clear last year, so I had it closed by a local pool co. because I didn't want to mess with it until this year. This year I guess I wasn't shocking it as hard as I was supposed to (normal shock level instead of 3x the shock level). I feel like my numbers are where they should be, but I just can't shake the cloudiness. I knew I couldn't start the BBB way because my wife is sceptical of info from the internet, and I'm assuming I have a filter issue, so if I don't do what the pool store says first, she'll blame me for not listening to her, when it's probably an issue with filtering. So, we're currently shocking the pool per the pool stores instructions. 3x shock last night, 2x shock tonight, and a normal shock tomorrow night. All granular calcium hypochlorite. I got the Taylor k2006 because once it's all figured out, I'll convert to the BBB way. Here's my results as of today. I'll add the pic if I can figure that part out.
FC=12.5 (just shocked last night)
CC=0
CYA=48ish?
Alk=170
Ph=7.8
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