Yes, you need to let the filter run to be able to filter out any particles that are causing your cloudiness. Odds are that when you dumped the bleach, you killed some of the algae--but it's going to be up to the filter to get the dead stuff out of the water. When you added the stabilizer did you add it through the skimmer, or broadcast into the pool? Do you see anything coming out of the returns, other than water?

I'm not sure I understand the statement "added stabilizer...and today the reading is at 5 (high). Do you mean your chlorine is at 5? If so, that's not high. It's where the chlorine needs to stay , at least until your CYA registers. If you mean your stabilizer is high--how are you testing to be able to read that low a number?

Also, to clear up any algae that you had growing, you need to bump the chlorine up to the 12-15 ppm range and hold it there until you're no longer losing any chlorine overnight and the pool is cleared up. Just dumping bleach in one time won't kill it all off--it's holding the elevated chlorine level that kill kill off any "nasties" in your pool.

What is your pool volume?

Janet

Edit: Well, Watermom is typing faster than me today--but if you'll notice, the content is the same.....