Thanks for both of your responses/thoughts.

The surface is some kind of pebbled thing. We would definetly get more than one opinion...my husband likes to research and compare. I think the pool guy was just offering it as a reason for our cloudy water...when we told him the surface was probably 10 years old, he said it's probably time and gave us the guy's card. Pool guy hasn't mentioned it again since the cloudiness has gone.

Other than the pebbles in the filter after vaccuuming, I don't think there are any other problems with it. Neither of us has owned a pool before, so it's all kind of new to us.

I guess we'll keep an eye on it, and maybe talk to the guy after the summer is over.