Quote Originally Posted by stslimited84 View Post
From the brief reading ive done on these filters, would cleaning it/backwashing (i forget if thats the correct terminology) be harmful to the current shock process?
The only "harm" it would do is to cause you to lose "shocked" water, so if you have to refill to top your water level off again, you'll need to add more bleach to get back up to shock level.