Hello all, new pool owner here, but have owned a hot tub for awhile so know most of the simple chemistry issues with water balance.

New 33' round pool (28,000 gallons).

We are on pristine blue.

I took my water in for a sample today, my TA is still sky high, like 240. My pH is 7.2 and Calcium is good at 220.

I just added another gallon of muriatic acid, running my pump on high presently with my outlet aimed at the surface to aerate. I'm hoping to get my pH back up once it drops from the additional acid.

Two questions:

I was told not to add acid in quantities more than 3 cups at a time, 3 times a day. A chemist from prestine bluetold me nonsesne, just dump an entire gallon at once. This is my 3rd gallon in 3 weeks I've added and I don't see any issues doing this.

My second question is that I added my normal weekly chemicals to my pool this morning after vacuuming, and this afternoon my water is cloudy. Any ideas what would cause my water to become cloudy? What should I do to correct?

Weekly chemicals are: 3lbs of prestine power (potassium monosulphate) 8 oz of prestine clear and prestine clean. Weekly prestine blue additions are around 17-20 oz.

Thanks in advance!