I was one that was stubborn with the whole Bleach thing and I had very badly colored water in my 18 x 48 intex metal frame pool. It was a combo of algea and metal.
I took the advice from the pool store and I used a flocculant-It cleared up my water beautifully-I vaccummed to waste a lot! Although every time someone swims in it now-it gets cloudy.
If I shut the filter off it clears up after a few hours-when all of the stuff sinks to the bottom again.

Will persistence with bleach and filtering clear it up eventually? I can vacuum although it only works so well. Wasn't sure if I could get an aqua bug with the kind of pool I have.
Hoping filtering will work. Any advice?