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First thanks for the great site and all your help. I have been on the BBB method for almost 2 weeks now. My first step was to drain about 10000 gallons out of my pool to lower my high cya. After refilling I shocked to 20 ppm. All I have added since then has been enough 6% bleach to keep TC at 7-8 ppm. I also added 120 lbs of solar salt after researching some old post to get a better water feel. My number have been very stable.
TC= 7-8 ppm
CC= 0 ppm
PH= 7.6-7.7
TA= 90-100
CYA= 60-70

My question is my water has never seemingly cleared up. When looking from the top in it looks clear, but looking inside with goggles on you could not see from one end to the other. With that in mind and with a seemingly larger than normal TC loss yesterday (about 4 ppm with almost no bather load) I shocked last night at about 7 pm to about 19.5 ppm. When testing this morning about 9 am my TC= 19 ppm CC = 0. So now my questions.

1. My PH was testing this morning =>7.8 and looked high by color. Does a high level of
TC affect PH testing.
Yes, high chlorine levels cause interference to the pH test and cause it to read higher than it is. Rule of thumb, don't test pH when chlorine is above about 10 ppm.

2. With a TC of 19 to 20 ppm and a CYA of 60-70 when is it safe to swim. I did get in this
morning for just a minute to see if the water had cleared and it looked much better.
I would go in when you have dropped to about 10-12 ppm but there are others that would go in with it higher.
3. I have been running my pump 24/7 but was wanting to cut it back to 8 to 10 hours. Is
it ok to go ahead and reduce pump time after shocking last night.
Rule of thumb, run pump 24/7 until the pool is clear.
4. Do I just need to let my TC drop down to the 8 ppm range. I figure it will probably
take a couple of days to get in that range.
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Thanks for all your help my pool this morning looks better than it ever has. it has taken a couple of weeks of work but it's been worth it. I also order so Accucheck salt test strips. I would like to take my salt levels to about 1500 to 2000 ppm.

20*40 inground vinyl pool at 30000 gallons. Using 6% bleach, and a Taylor 2006 test kit.

What kind of filter do you have? That will have an impact on how long your pool takes to clear (and just how clear it actually gets since DE filters the smallest size particles to about 6 microns, cartridges next to about 20 microns, and sand last to about 60 microns.
DE will clear a pool fastest and sand the slowest.

a week for the pool to completely clear is not uncommon, btw.

On the other hand, sand is the easiest to maintain while DE the most work.

There are tradeoffs.

BTW, if you are using a K-2006 the chlorine test is testing first FC and then CC. You get the TC reading by adding them together. It is usually easier if you report FC and CC since those are the readings that really matter.