I am dealing with guidance from an INground pool dealer for my 30' AG. As I read these posts I assume to think hardness is not an issue with ag vinyl lined pools????? She is taking baby steps w/ me to get my water to"level". I started out w/ 6 lb of stabilizer and added some smart sticks. From there I was told to add baking soda till she tested my TA to be about 110. We shocked w/ one lb of burn out extreme, then she sold me a 23$ bucket of baquacil brand calcium hardner stuff to increase water hardness.( she said we have too soft of water around here) From here I will take another sample in on thursday (6 days from now) and go from there. She'll probably tell me to put in the algaecide (cause that's the one thing so far I have NOT been told to add) and to keep my sticks going. The pump stays on 24/7 to make me feel better about the clarity of the water. What do you guys think about this hardness increaser. I have a 16lb bucket and am adding 4lb @ a.m and p.m. per day.

So far I have felt confident in her suggestions, especially cause she saved me hundreds of dollars from my pool purchase place who wanted to sell me tons of bioguard chem's based on my initial "fill" testing that they did. I felt as if they were trying to make their $$ off me by having me dump over 100 lbs of chemicals in at one time?????????????????????????????