Need help with new (to me) pool

[janmo]

Thanks so much, Waste. No pool party this holiday weekend (I am heading out of town on a mini-vaca) but I did add the two gallons of bleach this evening. The pool will sit empty until Wednesday so should I add more before I go? I have a lot of shade, but it is very sunny and hot here.

Also, I've been adding about two gallons per day but continue to get the low chlorine reading. I have also shocked (with more bleach) and it will go up for a while and then back down. Is this because of the high CYA?

Janmo

[duraleigh]

Assuming your result of CC=1.3 is correct, (I not sure about that)
I would suggest you put in 6 large jugs of 6% Clorox (8.52 gallons) the evening before you leave town.

That will shock your pool correctly and you may be able to avoid an algae bloom. If you do not, I can almost promise you will have ZERO chlorine when you get back and perhaps some green water to go with it.

Post new test results when you get back and tell us what your water looks like...lot's of folks here will help you get everything back in line.