I have been doing as pool forum has guided me. Shocking the out of my pool water! It is still cloudy, but has improved. We think we should change the sand in the filter because it hasn't been changed in atleast two years (the pool was unused for two years and had a ripped covered so was exposed to environment).

I did the CL with my walmart 6 way, which is the one we're most interested in now, right? I did a normal CL and then I did a diluted 1/3 with diluted water and both came up with Orange colors (obviously one deeper in color than the other). Just to add, the PH was not on the charts either at a purple versus pink.

Last night we added 6 5.25% bleach and really didn't get anymore clarity than before the 6 gallons. I added two more 5.25 this morning. We've vaccuum a couple of times... backwashing, too. As of this writing we are still getting some "dirt particle" up from the bottom once a stir it up, but it's not major.

Also, our filter pressure goes between 7 - 11 in pressure... should it be higher? Is this possibly the sand and why it's taking so long for us to get our pool in shape?

AG - 8,500
Sand filter


So we have a total of 12 megashock 12.5% and 8 5.25% bleach into this