Now, I am really confused, LOL! First of all before I do anything. When does a person shock their pool? Please bear with me, I am coming off of 14 plus years of Baq, and shocking it often with a separate chemical. How do I go about shocking it? I am guessing just putting in a high dose of chlorination? So maybe if I shock it before leaving and let the filter run 24/7, plus have someone put bleach in for me, that should be suffcient? Or do the other suggestions that others gave me. What are borates? Is that Borax? How do I regulate them? I have been running high on my PH and keep putting muriatic acid in to reduce it. Today it was about 7.8 again. Thanks again!