Risks with high alkalinity?

Thanks.

At this point I plan to let it drift wherever it wants. If it settles in below 7.8, I'm fine with that.

I hope it does. This will be a great learning experience for next year, when I can try to get my alk down to 80 or below right off the bat.

Thanks for all your help :)

:(

I planned to add about 2" of water yesterday to make up for evaporative losses.
Started the hose while I was doing some yardwork, completely forgot about it until I came out later to add bleach. Water level was just under the coping, a good bit higher than I wanted to add.

Set valve to waste and brought the level back down so the skimmer would function. Wanted 2" of water, ended up with about 6"+. Will have to test today to assess the ALK damage and start working my way back down... :(

I am such an idiot.

I tested last night.

PH was 7.6
Alk was... no idea. I ran out of reagent after 4 drops... :(

For what's left of this season, I just plan to monitor PH and knock it down to 7-7.2 every time it hit's 7.8+.

Next year I'll buy more alk reagent, as I use the most of it by far.