Hi "Jay":
When I did the conversation 2 years ago, I brushed, vacuumed to waste and added additional water when it was needed...I did this every day of the conversion

Your water "color chart" is/was identical to my pool water during the conversion..so you're definitely on track....

One of the past posters had a very good point though, and thats to wait till the sun goes down to blast up to 15ppm's..then repeat the same in the AM hours...it sounds as though you're losing a ton of ppm's in the Texas daylight...

Total conversion for me was 7 days....(crystal in 5 and a few extra "insurance" days of high CL levels to complete the process)

When everything is said and done with the conversion, PLEASE make sure to change out your sand (I think you said you have a sand filter)...not doing so will bring you back to square one again..

Let us know how you're doing ?? Haven't heard from you in a few days...