Update:
My pool has been looking better each and every day. I am now on day 11 of shocking my pool since opening.
The looks clear and blue today, but I still have a 2-3 ppm FC drop (18 to 15) overnight and my CC is 1.0. My pH was 7.1 last night so I added 3 lbs of soda ash and my pH this morning is till 7.1. Not sure what happened there. TA is at about 120 as of last week.
I also have little spots on the bottom of the pool that I thought might be mustard algae. I have brought the pool up to shocking levels (over 20 ppm FC) numerous times and then swept, getting this "stuff" in circulation, but it always comes back, and in the same spots. It is the stuff that just poofs up when it is touched. It is not dirt or sand. I read that mustard algae usually only grows in the shaddy areas and also tends to be on walls. I don't ever have any on the walls, just the pool floor, and it tends to be in areas of sun and shade, so I am assuming I don't have mustard algae, or at least hoping I don't.
My question here is, how do I get my pH up? Also, how long is too long to shock before I start to suspect some weird problems. The way the pool is looking, I am surpriseed I still have 1.0 CC. Could it have anything to do with adding polyquats yesterday? I put in about 50-60 oz of that stuff.