thanks for the help guys.

just to clear up a few things.

i added 5 lbs of cya to a pool with an initial reading of zero.

then i added 4 lbs of baking soda to bring my alkalinity to 100 ppm

i then added 5 lbs of cal-hypo shock powder

ive been running the filter non stop for two days. my de filter pressure rises pretty quickly and then i have to bump the filter and restart it to get the pressure down again (my bump handle is broken so im doing the best i can with that)

i dont want to backwash yet because i added the cya and fresh de a couple days ago.

the water went from dark green to semi-blue overnight. I cleared out most of the leaves off the bottom today and just added 3 1.42oz jugs of clorox and will keep the pump running tonight.

for some reason when i checked the water ph last night before adding the chlorine the ph level went down to 7.2 from 8.0 and i didnt add any muriatic acid at all.