Thanks for the info so far. I read everything you said I needed to and then some (brain overload!)
All I have is the walmart 5way test kit. These are my reads as of a few minutes ago.

Chlorine - 5
Ph 6.8
Alk 50ppm
CYA 60 ppm

Ok so where do I go from here. If you could advise that would be great. I'm really at a loss on how to really get started with this whole thing. Thanks