Confused about CYA and Chlorine levels.

[tbkp]

Is your pool vinyl or concrete/plaster? Fiberglass
How many gallons? 18,000
Do you use an SWG? Zodiac Clearwater (was in need of cleaning when I got back)

Not real sure of these... Pool test kit are lousy.
FC (free Chlorine level) 2 or 5 depending on which test lit to believe.
CC (Combined Chloramine level)
pH 7.0
T/A (total alkalinity) 170 (test strip)
CYA (Stabilizer/Cyanuric Acid). 125 (test strip)
CH (Calcium Hardness don't know

Pool temp was about 92 when I got back from vacation. I've been running my cooler and now it's about 84. The pool is in much better shape now. I think my new test kit is garbage. I was adding more bleach than ever, by far. The test showed high chlorine. Never had this big of a problem. I thought adding 4 gallons of bleach would last forever. I think I underestimated how fast the bleach would disapear fighting the algea. I've added 5.6 gal 6% bleach and 4 gal 10% chlorine since thursday morning. Wouldn't that be about 60ppm?

[doggie]

You'll never get on top of things until you get a FAS-DPD Chlorine test like Carl suggested. In fact, you need a total test kit for accurate testing of all the things. Throw the test strips away. They are useless, as I've learned by testing them against good test kits.