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Hi and welcome to the Pool Forum!

Can you post current water testing results taken with a drops-based kit? How did you add the muriatic acid?

Do you know the volume of the pool? What kind of pool is this and how big is your pump?

Regarding the vacuuming issue ----- Do you see dirt blowing back in through the return jet? It could just be dirt that is getting stirred up into suspension as the vac passes over it that is settling back down to the pool floor. That is pretty normal. No matter how slow I go with my vac head, later there will be some dirt resettled on the pool floor.
The kit I have is a Taylor K2100 that was already with the rest of the pool supplies. After adding 5 drops of the reagent per instructions, it is still heavily basic. I added a quart a day until the gallon was empty and it's still basic.

I don't know the total volume of the pool; how would I go about finding that out? It's an in ground, concrete pool.

As for the dirt - I don't see it immediately see it getting blown back, but once I'm done cleaning, it looks great. I come back a few hours later and I can see dirt that is in 2 immediate areas - close to the 2 return jets, but in a larger area, since it floats around before it settles