Thanks. Maybe I haven't given it enough time.

The intex vacuum works ok if you run around the inside of the pool to create a vortex, let all the debris settle in the middle, then run the vacuum over it to suck all the debris into the little sock.

The filter is fairly weak and cloggs up with white slime, which I assume is dead algae, and I swap filters once a day, hosing off the filter I pulled out.

I have been keeping my cover on the pool, trying to keep the chlorine loss at a minimum, plus we've been having some rain

Ph has been hard to pinpoint since it goes up every time I add bleach. it has usually registered in the low 7's. It's hard to tell with the Aqua Chem test kit. The kit doesn't give enough resolution to pinpoint exact number. It should be fine to keep me in the ballpark and keep our Intex pool sanitized.

So keep brushing, swapping filters daily, maintain chlorine levels, and this cloudiness should go away within a week or so?