I'm usually good at this stuff......

[Madty]

Madty is a combo of my kid's names- Madeline and Tyler- I'm Kevin. Hi, Kevin..no not as fun..... Nevertheless, it was prior to adding the 5 gals- I just looked at pool this morning and still can't see drains- just a cloudy blue. I'm going to check Ph and Cl now .................................................. ................

Ok my numbers are. CL 15ppm- Had to use 1/3 water and 2/3 distilled and got 5- mult by 3 and got 15. When I did the water by itself it was a dark orange.

PH 8.2 I even used cl neutralizer in the tube- that brought it down to 8.2. I know my ph is correct because when I check my tap water it's 7.2.

I have about 3 or 4 lbs of PH - that I bought long ago before this forum. Should I go ahead and throw that in?

One other thing- I checked TA and it seems to have dropped to 80-90 from 110. Is this due to all the acid I've put in. How do ya win this battle- add baking soda to raise PH and TA and acid to bring the PH down?? It seems I'll never win if the TA drops as well....Now I'm really lost!