Wow, this kind of advice is priceless! OK, more questions:

OK, mine is a vinyl pool, so I understand that the calcium getting added with the Cal Hypo is not needed, but not really a problem unless the calcium level gets too high. PB recommended that I shock once a week using the Cal Hypo. But I'm hearing all of you say that maybe I shouldn't have to shock once a week. Could it be that he is recommending shock once a week, to sort of "make up" for the fact that my FC is 2ppm? Or should I just shock when my test results warrant (like when CC is above .5)? Does it make a difference that I live in SC, and we have 90's and 100's in the summer, plus we have a heater?

Regarding TA, I guess with a PH of 7.6, I definitely don't want to raise that too much, so I guess the baking soda is the way to go to raise TA. He was getting his number of what my TA should be, based on what I was using to shock (cal hypo) and sanitize (chlorine sticks). He said it should probably be between 100 and 140. So he said to raise it to 120 we would add 16 lbs of baking soda. So I guess that will be OK to do?

Regarding converting to bleach for weekly sanitation, how do I add it? I don't want to bleach out my beautiful new liner. PB told me that when I use the Cal Hypo to shock, I should add it very carefully and very slowly to the skimmer basket, so that it gets deposited in the filter and gets distributed that way. Can I (should I) pour bleach in the skimmer? What would be the typical amount I would add each week: are we talking maybe one or two jugs, or 10 jugs? Since I will be the one doing the work, I don't really want to be loading up my grocery cart with 10 jugs of bleach each week.

One more: PB said in this area, most pools end up with mustard algae at some point in the summer. He recommended that I call him when this happens, and he will come out and put in a copper algaecide that is made a special way so that the copper won't come out of the suspension and damage the liner. Does this make sense? I asked him about using polyquat, but he said the copper stuff works better.

Once again, I thank all of you for the great education. You people are the best!

Judy