New Owner - Need Help-- Please

[michladny]

Yes, I agree and just to prove my point to the hubby I called THREE pool places/stores with the info from the first store and asked if I needed to add Calcium..... three said YES and one said NO (the place I purchased the pool said no). The three stores that said yes said you need calcium to keep the walls from scaling and you also need it to keep the water comfortable.... the place we bought the pool said no need for vinyl pools to have calcium...HMMMM...it really is a matter of trusting yourself and I cannot believe that these stores do this to people (and imagine the money they make from new owners LIKE ME!!!!).
My best friend of 10 years just put a pool in too and she just finished filling it and came home with $100.00 worth of Calcium, Alk powder, PH increase and two different test strip kits -- I directed her to this website and she called the pool place to return chemicals and they said they do not take chemicals back!!!! WHAT A RACKET!!
From now on I will only get chemicals and testing WHEN and IF there is a problem NO ONE else can fix!!!!!!

One more ? ..... can I add bleach even if I still have a chlorine tab in the floater to increase the chlorine or should I wait till it is gone or add small amounts till they are dissolved??????

Carl--- THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH !!!! My pool was just put up three weeks ago (May 17th) and the water was filled with a garden hose so it has been in use for about two weeks (maybe) my water is CLEAR and you can see the bottom of the entire pool and the pebble pattern if you shut the filter/pump off so the water is totally still (and even with it running you can still see the bottom). I feel like I have done alright so far but these stores do make you feel otherwise....

P.S. My friend Melissa just called back and wants to know if she can add the Calcium anyway now that she cannot return the 25 lbs they recommended she START with!!! She said it was like $38.00 for the bucket---YIKES!!!!