Hi, Christina, and welcome to the Pool Forum!

I'll try and answer some of your questions for you.

1) Even though it only takes a day to fill, it takes you several days to get your chemistry balanced. The recipe tells you what to add each
day based on the volume of your pool.

2) BBB doesn't just mean you use bleach, Borax and baking soda exclusively and never anything else. It is actually more of a philosophy
about pool care. Basically it is just learning to test your pool yourself and use only what you need to use to keep your water balanced.
There are some grocery store equivalents for some of the expensive pool store chemicals but BBB does not mean that you will never
use pool store stuff. We can teach you to use what makes the most sense for your pool.

3) Use the directions in the recipe which tell you what to use and when. A freshly filled pool will have no CYA (cyanuric acid, also called
stabilizer) in it. CYA is kind of like sunscreen for your chlorine. Without enough in there, your chlorine will quickly be lost to the sun.
So, you have to introduce CYA to the water which is where the dichlor comes into play. Dichlor is a stabilized form of chlorine which
means that it has CYA in it. So, it kills two birds with one stone --- adds chlorine and also CYA which a newly filled pool will need. You
only use Dichlor for awhile or otherwise your CYA will get too high, which you don't want. So, after you have been using dichlor for about
a week to 10 days, you test the CYA. You'll use dichlor until your CYA level is built up to around 50ppm. Then, you'll switch to just using
bleach as your source of chlorine.

4) You will discover what your pool needs when you test. If you post current readings, someone here can advise you about what you need.

5) A 5-way kit (as long as it is a drops-based kit) is OK to start with but it is limited. The chlorine test can only read to 5ppm and there
will be times when you'll need your chlorine to be higher than that. It also does not have a CYA test in it, I don't believe. (Is it an HTH
test kit?) We still think everyone needs a good kit. The one we recommend is the Taylor K2006 or 2006C (better buy). You can't buy it
locally, but you can get it through this link:> http://pool9.net/tk/

Hope this helps. If you have more questions, we'll be here and will be glad to help.

Super Simple Start-up Recipe:> http://pool9.net/ssr/

By the way, the SSR has directions for using bleach and for using dichlor. The directions for using the bleach for the initial doses are there for people who need a few days to get the dichlor. But, if you already have the dichlor, then you should start out using that instead of bleach.