Hi happyfestifus and welcome to TFP!
This is IMO the best site for pool problems!
I was having a lot of trouble with my pool water
and was getting run in circles with my pool store, here use this, then next weeks water sample said to try and use this now and bla bla bla! All I did was fix this weeks problem then have another one next week or 2!
That got expensive $$ real fast over a couple of months.
I, like you, was needing answers about pool water chemistry and found TFP though Google.
I joined and read a lot, posted some of my questions and was greeted with lots and lots of friendly helpful advice! (really surprised me!)
It was the advice that I got which was to get a good test kit and not use the pool store testing and do it myself.
After much debating I ordered a TF-100 XL testing kit from Dave S. who runs TFTestkits.net
(Thanks Dave and Meg for all you do! :-D )
Followed the kit instructions and used the info from here:
what-we-need-to-know-to-answer-your-questions-t10341.html
to post my test #'s from my pool water testing.
Again, I got a lot of help to fix my pool, the advice here is scientifically based and my pool did exactly what it was told to do!
I have had a perfectly trouble free pool ever since! Always screaming for us to come swimming in it.
This link now is also a favorite of mine to help keep this TFP.com free for all the newcomers that are where I was in the beginning!
become-a-tfp-supporter-f27.html
If your looking for help, this place is a great one.
I have a vinyl pool and I don't suffer as many problems as other pools have, but I believe that you can fix your troubles with the info found here.
Chuck