Want To Switch To BBB; Shock Question

[Snowymoon]

Thanks Carl. I was just doing some brainstorming today, and I was figuring using up the sticks and such would only raise my CYA level, which is slowly working its way up as it is. So I was thinking of using bleach to make up the difference.

The shock I have is HTH Vinyl shock, which upon looking at the ingredients, is strong, regular bleach. I think that would be okay, but I am still not sure how much to use.

Shock ingredients state:
Calcium hypochlorite 54.6%
Other ingredients 45.4%
Total 100%
Total available chlorine 53%

The SmartSticks are trichlor stuff, but I am not sure how much CYA that would add over the next 6 weeks. After that, the pool will be drained to take it down for the winter anyway. I would need to know the numbers and do some math to figure that out, but the container does not list how much CYA each stick puts out.

My thing is, if I go totally BBB now, what would I do with all this pool-store stuff? That is one heck of a $$$ loss. I have enough sticks to last the rest of the season, and enough shock for perhaps another month or so. If I did go BBB suddenly, how do I dispose of all this unused stuff? I don't know anyone else who can use it...maybe a neighbor, but I would hate to pass off something I won't even use myself.

As for the cover, the pool came with that. So shocking and covering should do the trick? Cool. That will not be so tough.

ETA: Do I need to add borax to the pool at all, or do I wait until the TA is down? Also, the algeacide is ankyl something or other, not polyquat. Wow, I was really pool-stored.