How often to run various tests, and how long do you run your filter?

[waterbear]

How often do you run these tests?

Free Chlorine daily until you know your pool, then weekly but then test every few days with an OTO kit or a strip
Combined Chlorine weekly, unless you suspect problems, smell "chlorine", have just had a pool party, someone peed in the pool, have a cloudy pool, or an algae outbreak.
Then test daily until CC is less than .5 ppm
pH Daily until you know your pool, then every few days
Total Alkalinity weekly if using trichlor or if you have been needed a lot of acid to control pH since both will make the TA drop, otherwise monthly is probably fine
Calcium Hardness monthly
CYA monthly

Also, how often do you run your filter/pump, and for how long? We have the 1000 (or maybe 800) gallon-per-hour Intex cartridge filter, for our approximately 5000 gallon above-ground, metal-framed pool. We now have a timer, so we can set it to run however long and/or often we want to run it.
I would think you would need about 10-12 hours a day, you want to turn over the water twice.
Thanks for any advice!

The above are just guidelines, they are not set in stone,