But, Bama does not mean to dump all those jugs in at once, he just means go buy some bleach now. Right?
We all use the Pool Calculator to determine how to get your pool from the place it is, to the place you want it to be. Knowing where it is now is required, so we need to get some good test data. The best test data comes from your own testing, not some hurried kid in the pool store. Do read Pool School and take notes in the section Test Kits Compared.