First of all, when you add the metal sequestrant, it does not cause the metals to drop out of the water where you can vacuum them up. The purpose of the sequestrant is to keep the metals suspended in the water to keep them from staining your pool. Is it possible that you didn't add enough for your size pool? Have you tried adding a little more to see if the green starts to change?
Second, in two days in this heat, it is entirely possible for algae to start growing. If so, this may be why you have no chlorine residual--either the algae itself consumed it, or the algae + the metals sequestrant consumed it. It's going to take getting your chlorine up there and keeping it there to clear it up.
I also have two questions for you--what type of test kit are you you using to test with, and did you add CYA to the pool to get your 35 reading? If so, did you add it via pucks (which would cause the metals to fall out if there was not enough sequestrant), or powder (which might cause slight clouding if you broadcasted it instead of adding it through the skimmer)?
Finally, in order to lower that TA, aeration alone won't do it. You need to use acid to drop the pH (and the alk goes down with it), then aerate to bring the pH back up.....then drop it again with acid and aerate until the TA ratchets down to where you want it.
Hope this helps....
Janet
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