Ok, so here is what i have done. I tested the water right off the bat without adding anything. I still have a simple ph and chlorine tester from walmart(thinking i will break down and buy the taylor testing kit this year). Chlorine was not registering(it measures up to 5-10) and ph was off the charts, bright pink but didnt look like it would be much above the 8.2 mark (it measures up to 8.2). I ran the pump for about a day without adding anything then added 2 bottles of liquid chlorinator ~10% last night. I checked it this morning(with my cheapo kit) and the chlorine was above the 5-10 mark as well as the ph which looked about the same color as it had when i first tested it. THe water is no longer green but cloudy. I took a water sample to my local ace store and got results from them but some of the values they couldnt get readings. I listed the printout info below. I had my water tested there last year and didnt have trouble with readings, although my ph was fine and cya had a reading so i knew how to adjust it. I didnt worry about the hardness reading cause i didnt think i should. Last year was my first year to put the pool up also. Thanks again for any advice you can give me.

total alkalinity: 0ppm
ph: ERR HI, result is high
calcium hardness: 82ppm
cyanuric acid: ph correction error
free chlorine: 6.3

said to retest ph after alkalinity as been properly adjusted
cyanuric acid level is error