[QUOTE=katw78]I suggest that you look outside your narrow-minded box and do more research of your own. I've had a vinyl pool for years. We have used both Baquacil and chlorine. There may be tried and true ways of getting rid of algae without algecides, but leaving your chlorine above 15 ppm for a long number of days can also cause larger problems in the long run, stabilizer or not. Using an algaecide is also a tried and true method of dealing with algae. Almost all regular maintainance programs have you use one. I have dealt with more than one pool care specialist and swimming pool chemical company and have done a lot of research about pool problems on webssites other than this (believe it or not there are other ones out there just as reputable and as useful as you). All other research and discussion that I have had with ppl care specialists for the last 10+ year agree that high PH can lead to algae blooms and once you get an algae bloom it is harder to bring the PH down. (I have had many algae problems in the past.) Lowering the PH to the normal range actually helps make it easier for the chlorine to work more efficiently, does less damage to your pool, and weakens the algae...to a degree...thus making it easier to kill off. If you don't believe me, maybe you should do more research. I also thought that the point of this forum was to share information, from person to person, about methods that have worked for us. I know that this algaecide, whatever the ingredients, have knocked down our algae bloom quicker than any other sanitizer or other product out there, have kept it down, and have allowed us to balance our pool more quickly and efficiently than in past years. Which is obviously better for the pool in the long run or there wouldn't be basic guidlines for your levels. If you don't believe in my methods, check out the information copied from a few other websites.

Kat, were you having a bad day when you typed this? Rereading Waterbear's reply, he pointed out his issues with your response and suggested reading what the people here do and why, all in a nice way. You attacked him, telling him to think outside his narrow box - this was unjustified especially since he knows more about chemistry than any pool professional I've ever met (including myself)!
I don't know if you'll continue to participate on this forum, however I'll offer you a bit of advice that should fare you well here or anywhere else you are. Take a little time to feel out whatever situation in which you find yourself, this works for forums, bars or any other place people come together. Had you taken the time to read poolsolutions and troll the forum a bit, you'd have known where the folks here stand on pool chemistry and also known the probable response to your posts.
You quoted some sources to back you up, however - their trustworthyness is an unknown, I'd imagine that they sell chems or services. Ben has proven himself to us (he figured out a better, easier and cheeper way of caring for pools and graciously made it available to all of us, though he made no money from it and it cost him a lot of time),. Though he does sell test kits, and recently forum memberships, he is not getting kickbacks from Borax, Clorox or Arm and Hammer.
One last thing, your posts would have been acceptable in the "China Shop", but in the middle of someone elses' thread, they had no place and were completely inappropriate! I can appreciate that you were trying to help, but you went about it the wrong way. - Waste