Overwhelmed by all the pool chemistry

[chem geek]

Holy criminey. ... I read this thread about startup issues, I wonder how the heck we are going to get this stuff down.

I think I am in need for a pool chemistry for dummies water management flowchart.

You picked the wrong thread to start out with -- avoid those that have "chem geek" posts :-) As Ben noted, start with the stickies.