Thanks! This seems simple enough. We'll see if I'm still saying that in a few weeks. Is dichlor shock the same thing that you buy in the pound bags at Wal-mart (Aqua-Chem)? We have about 10 lbs of that if it's acceptable to use. If not - we will head to Sam's. If I'm understanding correctly - we follow the 7 day start-up plan with the bleach and borax. Then the Pool Care plan is the daily routine we'll follow from there on out. So we will be adding some shock and some borax and testing everyday, is that right? I really didn't know we needed to test daily. I thought a couple of times a week to test was ok and we were told by the pool supply company to just add a couple of pounds of shock per week. Go figure... Anyway - thanks again!!!