You're right mbar! Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom with me! It's greatly appreciated.

Right now, I have the pool at shock level to rid a high CC (and I seem to be winning). I have liner stains as well, and they're driving me crazy - because from a distance, it makes my pool look green (liner is blue and white with an alligator-skin pattern) and I feel like I worked too long and hard to get the pool in shape to be left with it looking any less than perfect. ;oP

Should I hold off on an ascorbic acid treatment after just fighting off a potential bloom and wait for the pool to be stable for a little bit?