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    eco soak and eco spray filter clean in spa water.

    i refilled the spa about a month ago and used eco spray filter cleaner. i rinsed well and filled the spa and it had a light green tint to it and i had some foam right off the bat. now i had waxed the spa and cleaned everything so i had no idea what it was making the green tint color and foam...
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    fresh fill and no bromine reading?

    i just flushed, cleaned and wax the spa. i filled it with water and got the TA from 220 to 80 and i added the Sodium Bromide 2oz package. i waited about a half hour with jets running and i added 2 tbs of granular chlorine. let it run about 15 minutes and had to close it up becasue of a storm. 3...
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    i've got a few questions

    1, i just got my k-2106 test kit and i had a k-1004 test kit. both have the reading for bromine. now here is my problem. k-1004 with the color match gives me a reading of 4ppm bromine looking at the north sky standing in the shade. the k-2106 with the drop test give me 8.5 ppm bromine with the...
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    bromine levels high for 4 days after shocking.

    it's time for me to shock the tub again. i flushed and refilled the tub about 2 weeks ago. last weekend i took out the bromine floater and i shocked it with 3 tbsp granular sodium dichloro-s-triazinetrione dihydrate. the tub does have a ozonator. the next day bromine still high "k-1004 test kit...
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    ph question

    i'm using 3 stage bromine. a hour ago my tub had a ph of 7.2 after sitting and 7.5 after use. that is with a 60 alkalinity. i've bumped the alkalinity up to 70 a few time but after a week or so it's back down to 60. i just added ph up and i ment to bump it up to around 70 but i got 80 with a...
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    i guess it's about time i introduced myself.

    i found this sight when my mother bought the house across the street from me a few years back. it had a green slim pool and we needed help bad. the site helped so much and i tried to pass on the info to all my neighbors but they wouldn't listen. i just looked next door the other day and my...
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    i think i have a leak in a new tub

    i got a hot springs vangard two weeks ago. what a pain this tub has been. anyways it looked like i was lossing water so i topped it off yeaterday just above the neck jets. i'm having water problems so i shocked it again lastnignt and today. so tub was open for about an hour or a little...
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    CH, Ozonator and Silver Ion Purifier questions.

    hi again, it's been a while since i have posted. i found this site when my mother bought a house with a green slim pool a few years back. the info on this site helped me keep the pool clean with out really any work for the last few years. i've had a hot tube for the last 11 years and just...
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    strange problem

    ok i have a good size hot tub, 2- 5hp motors and a 1hp air pump. motor 2 will not turn on. the air pump will not come on unless motor 2 is clicked on. :hammer: i thought for sure it was the controller becasue the air pump wouldn't come on unless i clicked on motor 2. but 150 bucks later...
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    how to clean a clogged cartridge filter

    my mother just bought the house across the street from me for a winter home. the pool is a swamp. we shocked the pool and it's blue but very cloudy. we bought a new cartridge filter and it started off at 9lbs. ran it for a few hours and it was up to 20lbs. we rinsed it and it started at 14lbs...