Alternatives to Bleach during end of Conversion

[thebumble]

Hi folks! I'm in day 5 of the conversion from Baquagoo to Bleach. I must've dumped 40 jugs of 6% bleach over the last few days! The waters a nice light blue/green now and I can just barely see the bottom! Almost there I hope!

I went to Leslies last night to get the 12% liquid chlorine and they were out. Instead they gave me some powdered shock - 75% avail chlorine, (they said stronger than the 12% liquid). The shock is Cal-Hypo (sp???) and has no stabilizer in it.

I threw in 2 whole packets (after mixing them in a bucket of water) last night, and 3/4 of one packet this morning.

Is this ok to use in a pinch during the conversion, while I had no bleach? It also says it's supposed to clear the water or algae...????

I still need to get a good drop test kit so I've been temporarily using the HTH 6-way test strips. It looks like my Ph is off the charts - very high, while alk is normal to slightly low, CL reading is way above 10, and stabilizer is low/normal.

In have an Intex Metal Frame pool 18' Dia. x 4' High, approx. 6,700 Gallons.

Any advice is appreciated. I'm getting frustrated looking at a greenish pool!

Thanks in advance!