Wow!
Sounds like you are an enthusiastic pool owner. (NOT!)
#1 - buy bleach -- plain 6% household stuff. Assuming 15' x 4' deep round, you've got about ~5000 gallons. So a gallon of 6% bleach will add about 12 ppm of chlorine to your pool. Add about a quart of bleach every evening, till you get the rest of your chemistry taken care of -- the chlorine will dissipate in as little as 1 hour of full sun, so it won't get too high, unless you have a cloudy spell.
#2 - buy a cheap OTO / phenol red testkit (Walmart, or wherever) to test your pool water, and practice using it.
#3 - get your pump running and water circulating.
#4 - buy 3 - 5 pounds of cyanuric acid (stablizer / CYA / conditioner) and put it in a knotted tube sock. Hang the sock in front of the return, where the water comes back into the pool.
#5 - once you get some stabilizer dissolved, the sunlight won't instantly destroy your chlorine, so you'll need to start testing, so you don't get the chlorine too high.
#6 - Stay AWAY from pool stores -- they will sell you all sorts of stuff you don't need.
Hopefully, you don't have any special water problems, like filling from a well or using water with iron or manganese in it.
Otherwise, post back after a few days, with test results and info on how it's going.
Ben
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