WB, welcome to the forum! As you are new to both pool ownership and the forum, I suggest you read all the 'stickies' at the top of each topic and give poolsolutions a good read. Caring for a pool doesn't have to be hard, if you follow the guidlines here you can all but eliminate the problems that so many pool owners experience. In the future , it might help to post in the correct area, (I see that this one is in the 'bathing suits and loungechair section') as that will allow more people who could answer your question to see it.
With reguard to your question, I'll have to pass this on to Evan, he's currently conducting an experiment on his own poolwhich almost mirrors your querry. With any luck, he'll know what's going on (he really knows his shi*). BTW, I don't really know anything about pools, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.


Seriously, thanks to your 'experiment' and comments (findings), I think I'll start refering to Proteam by their rightful name - again, thanks Evan for all you do here and all the great help you provide!! - Ted