Quote Originally Posted by chemicalbalance View Post
I think you are fine. If you use bleach, it will try to push your alkalinity up over time, so I wouldnt artificially increase the alkalinity with baking soda. Let it stay where its at.
You're kidding, right? Where did you EVER come up with this? There is nothing in Bleach that is related to Total Alkalinity. Bleach is basically Sodium Hypochlorite in a saline (Sodium Chloride) solution. It doesn't have the requisite Carbon atoms to affect Total Alkalinity.

Perhaps you have it confused with one of the other B's of B-B-B--Baking Soda, which WILL push T/A up.

You wouldn't happen to work for a pool store, would you?