Thank for all your help Watermom.

I spoke with the guy who I bought the pool from (this is where the conditioner came from) and he told me he'd mix it in a 5 gallon bucket until mostly dissolved then pour it in the pool which is what I'm doing now. Hope that doesn't screw things up. I suppose this method is more like pouring liquid concentrate in.

Understand what you're saying about my SWCG being useless without CYA, especially here in Vegas.

I'll keep-up the bleach per the simple start-up. However, what about the Borax? Do you agree that currently my pH level is where it should be so adding additional would push me higher than I need to be?

Thanks again for all your help!