Hey Carl... thanks for the advice.

After the kids started school (3 wks ago), I did had some algae start growing in spots on the walls and corner walls, and the water clouded up a little... but not terrible. My FC was never below 7ppm since superchlorinating back in July, and aside from the trichlor in my floater, I was told to hold off adding more sanitizer (I use dichlor) until the FC was down to at least 5ppm. My CC was 0, CYA has been steady at 40, pH 7.2 to 7.4, and I typically toss in 4 oz of algaecide weekly for ****s and giggles. With my levels all seemingly good; I started thinking about what else could be feeding this problem? I had read about the phosphate test/levels in my Taylor manual, so nobody sold me on it aside from Taylor. We got some regular rain here in MI a few weeks ago, and I read that'll boost phosphate levels. I thought the mods here recommended Taylor, but I see you're calling BS on the Phosphate test. I should say, worrying about phosphate levels that is.

I'm all for that... I just don't get what started tripping me up?

Thanks again, Carl. If you have more to add... please do. If not, I appreciate the advice and I'm all for not spending on anything unnecessary! Have a great weekend-

Maybe it's just the inaction of the pool then? My pump runs 24/7, too. I give up.