Okay, to my disbelief the Taylor Kit arrived today. So, I tried my hand at the chemistry, not sure how I did. Here's what I got:
Temp of water: 86
TA - 130
pH - 7.4
CH - 100
CYA - this is where I had a problem. It was "off the charts". It was below the 100 mark. It was level with the CYA imprint. Not sure what this means, but something is not right.
The Chlorine was the other thing I wasn't sure of. The kit talks about .2ppm and .5ppm, so I tested at .5ppm (since I have no idea what I'm doing). According to what I did the calculation is
3 drops x .5ppm for Free Chlorine = 1.5 did I do this right?
and
2 drops x .5 ppm for CC - .5 Would this be right or did I totally screw something up?
With the OTO test kit my chlorine was in the 2.4 range.

So, not being a professional at this, by any means, it seems the main issue is high alkalinity, right? So, they give options of putting air back into the water to lower this and I'm sure there is a chemical.

Please tell me if I missed anything and what your recommendations would be to get this water clear! Thank you so much for all your help already!