New pool owner needs help.

[shoogles]

So my husband and I bought a house with a huge hole in the backyard with a deck built around it. Amazingly, after considering the cost effectiveness of filling it in, removing the deck, and adding sod... we discovered that replacing the pool would be cheaper (and way more fun than sod!) as long as we were able to maintain it.

One week later and we are seeing that that is going to be a tall order. Presently, I have a greenish tinge to my pool and a little bit of cloudiness.

My first problem is that I don't have a decent test kit. After reading here a bit, I can see that its vital for me to be able to test my CYA level. The test kit we just bought at Home Depot does not do that. So, until I can talk my husband into buying me a Taylor kit, is my best bet to take samples to the pool store? Can I maintain my pool using the BBB method without it?

HELP!

24' AG sunken in
approx. 15,000 gallons

Test results
FC: Measures below test level - my guess, .3
CC: same as above
pH: 7.6
TA: 300 ppm