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The pool probably came with a shock-treatment type powder...this is usually all you need. When I first set mine up, it became VERY green after just one day, because I didn't add anything right away. I talked to a local pool guy, and he said to ignore the chlorine warnings on the bottle and test strips (something like 1.5-2 ppm), and get it up to about 10 ppm with the filter running non-stop. At that rate, I was cleaning the filter TWICE a day, but the green was definitely coming out. In just over a week (adding the shock treatment about every other day), I had crystal clear water, then just let it settle down to normal levels over the course of the next few days. Leaving the cover off helps, since the sunlight helps burn off excess chlorine.

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