Hi,
my pucks,shock and chlorine granules were all calhypo. (i do not have trichlor pucks.) I have been adding weekly dose of algecide the whole time since mem. day. it's hth algae guard 3x concentrate. the only cya i added was in beginning. the pool stain treat cleared my water quickly last time, but not really seeing any difference yet? i know to get my pH around 7.2, but where do i go next for my chlorine level to show. I was told not to shock unless i really need to so how can i get my FC at 5 w/o shocking and turning my water brown again?(if it ever clears) I am now mad since i wasted another $15 on calcium, lol. (keep in mind since mem day i have added 32 oz of metal out, 32 oz of hth metal control, and 32 ozs of united chemical's metal treat. this all went into my 5000 gals of water. then on top of that a whole bottle of pool stain treat.) do i need more sequestering agent? and with my iron level so low why does it still turn brown? please bare with me. every time i think i'm one step ahead, i fall 10 behind.