@JoyfulNoise ,
I have been using Clorox Disinfecting bleach to date to activate the bromine in my bromine hot tub. It has the "With ChloroMax Technology" gold and blue label on it. I have a gallon of Home Depot's house brand
Concentrated Germicidal Disinfecting Liquid Bleach Cleaner
7.5% Sodium Hypochlorite [Contains No Phosphorus]. My 'version' of HDX bleach has a picture of a mop and bucket and has no Chloromax label, nor any mention of 'Fabric Protection' like the HDX version that has a laundry basket w/ towels that says 'Fabric Protection'.
If I were so lucky that this gallon I have of HDX bleach does not in fact have the CloroMax or 'Fabric protection', and I started using it instead of the Clorox (or any other) w/ Chloromax, would the ChloroMax additive remain in the tub until the next purge, drain, refill? Or would it dissipate out as soon as I started using the new HDX bleach w/o ChloroMax?
What do you think the possiblity of my wife's skin sensitivity may be to the small amounts of ChloroMax bleach added since my first fill a month ago, versus a skin sensitivity to Bromine?
I was ready to do a bathtub test with chlorine bleach to test my wife's skin sensitivity to chlorine. With the idea of possibly changing from a Bromine tub to a Chlorine tub. I'll now certainly use the HDX version that mentions no Chloromax or 'Fabric Technology', just in case that is a factor. Is there any way to narrow down what in my current hot tub is causing her skin sensitivity? I felt pretty good that the single AHHsome! purge did the job when installing this new Bullfrog tub that was built (hence water tested) in October 2023. Now I am thinking, though it has only been one month, it may be worth purging and draining again soon. Then the decision to try chlorine, I guess, instead of Bromine. I had Ahhsome's Aqua Clarity from day one but did not start adding my first 'weekly dose' until week three. That brought out a tiny bit of green, now making me wonder if another, one month later AHH!some purge might be called for... That bio film might be her skin sensitivity?? Could this be, even, that the total Bromine level has always been maintained within range?
Thank you for any thoughts, sir.