I think I found the issue! Thanks to
@MrBlocc420 and
@LionGrow for mentioning to check the calibration of my PH pen. Somewhere along the way it got out of whack and was reading about .4 to .5 higher than actual. So when refilling my res with 5.5-5.6 water it was actually more like 5.0 to 5.1. Not ruing out other issues at this point, but I think we have a winner. I re-calibrated, flushed and changed out the res. Hopefully things will clear up! Thanks all.