Hi everyone. Here are my numbers from this morning:

TC - 2
PH - 7.5
ALK- 220

I know the Alk is high. I've tried to lower it using the "how to lower your alkalinity" thread but it is not budging. I've used a whole gallon of muriatic acid so far. I don't understand. My question is:

Is it ok that my alk is that high SINCE:

1). My PH has NEVER moved from 7.5. We've had water in our pool for 3 weeks and everytime I test it (2x day) it is 7.5 even after days of no swimming/heavy swimming loads and/or thunderstorms, etc............it's like it's a fixed number or something.

2). My water is crystal clear. It looks like liquid glass. My hardness is super high too (400ish) and I read high hardness and high alk can cause cloudy water. No problems so far.

So is this a matter of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and I should stop worrying about it? Or should I work harder at lowering the alk?

Thanks a bunch!

Dena