Lowering alkalinity on the cheap

[Whetstone613]

Thanks. Ok, maybe I was being a bit pessimistic not expecting to find anything called "muriatic acid". I'll go to some hardware store this week and see if they react to that keyword.
But what's this about aeration? Are you saying that I will need to do that only if I buy something from the stealer or will I still need to do it if I buy a substitute? Because I don't have the facilities to do that right now.

[Watermom]

You need to aerate either way. You can turn the eyeball on your return jet upward to ruffle the water as much as you and that will help to aerate it. Lowering alk is a gradual process.

[PoolDoc]

You didn't read the alkalinity page, did you? Shame, shame.

Time to read it!