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I did a fresh fill for my 260 gallon bromide spa 2 days ago. I first added 2 oz. of Mineral Clear as directed by the spa store. After letting that filter thru the spa for 24 hours, I rinsed the filter and proceeded to balance the chemical levels. I added 2 oz of Brominating Concentrate and...

My 260 gallon hot tub has been great for the past 2 months. Water clear, chemical levels good. Lately, the temp has been going up to 108 even though I have it set at 80. Dealer is coming out to look at that. Now the water is clouding up. pH is 8.0, TA went from light blue to yellow when I...

I've been reading the Pool School info and the various links that you have referred me to, but I'm a little bit of a slow learner. Here are several questions with regards to balancing the water in my spa. 1. Since I use bromine, do I need to test the FC levels? Or should I just focus on...

I have been testing my chemical levels every day for the past 5 days. My FC started at 18 and has slowly decreased to 9. TA has been a constant 50. My pH has been 7.2. Pool Math tells me to add 1/2 an ounce of Borax, and when I do, the pH goes up to 7.6, but then the TA goes down to 30. When...

I have a Taylor K-2006 kit that I use for everything except testing Bromine. I bought a Rainbow Lifegard kit that only tests pH and Bromine. When I tested pH using the Taylor and the Rainbow, I got drastically different readings. Taylor read 7.4 and Rainbow read above 8.4. The Bromine...

I tried testing the TA in my spa using the Taylor K-2006. I added 2 drops of R-0007 with no color change. But when I added 5 drops of R-0008, it turned red instead of green. When I tested my pH, it was extremely low (don't know if that info helps). What gives? These past two days there were...

I've read Pool School, I've bought a Taylor K2006 and did the Pool Math, but my outdoor spa looks like the black lagoon (funky smell and scum around the edge). When testing for FC, I had to add NUMEROUS (10+) dippers of R-0870 to get the 10ml sample to turn the faintest pink. When I added the...

I'm very new to this website and am trying to sort out all the great information. I have a 260 gallon outdoor hot tub (purchased August 2014) and am currently using Bromine (Frog with Bromine and Silver Chloride cartridges). I'm using AquaChek test strips. I'm trying to figure out if I want...