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I plan to order the Ahh-Some and will refill and clean with that. As for the filters, one of them had numbers, but the other was completely blank. The hot tub is a Tropic Seas Spa Waikiki 864L DLX

That is what I figured - thanks. If we don't plan to use it until fall would it still be better to clean it now or just leave it empty and refill/clean around Sept? Also, stupid question, but are all spa filters a standard size? I know this thing uses two of them, but not even the manual says...

We just purchased a new house that came with a hot tub and knowing nothing about them and wanting a fresh start I drained it today. After reading it seems I should have run some type of cleaning product through the hot tub and then drained it - lesson learned on that. Can this thing still be...

I agree about the value, but a nice 30' pool sure looked better than a 30' hole in the deck.

I'm not sure if it was salt all of its life, but I know previous owners ran salt and we ran salt as well - lots of corrosion on the top metal

It was installed back in 1999 and we moved here in 2009 so there is no telling - I'd guess a problem would have happened before if that was the case. It is almost funny because if we weren't moving we had talked about tearing it down and I guess it was offended by that.

I have no idea if that was the beginning - that is a good question. I guess that could have been the failure point - I really have no idea how these things are constructed.

As luck would have it the day after we list our house for sale I come home to find our pool has collapsed out of the blue. Everything was great the day before and never had a real issue since the thing was installed. Four of the wall supports were crushed in and the metal went through the...

ultra - I didn't know that, might explain all the problems this year OCLT drop was .5 FC loss

FC went from 2 to 1 the next morning and since opening I've never been able to get the FC to even go above 2 with the SWG alone. A few days before that when I did the same thing it went from 2 to 0.

I didn't know that the OCLT thing was actually a test, but that was what I had done the previous night since I left off the SWG and took readings before and after to see if the SWG was doing anything - that is where I got the drop from. So then last night I did the shocking

It was 1 (barely), which the thing says 1 or less is okay, but considering I haven't been able to even get above 2 without running 24 hours a day I figured it might help.

So since the calculator says 19 shock level it should be safe or should I actually raise it all the way to 19 and then let it drop off?

Went ahead and did that - added bleach and kept the SWG off until this morning (maybe should still keep it off?) FC is up to 14.5 and no CC left. TA went up to 120. CYA still only at about 65 so I'm guessing another dose is needed. The FC number is about what I had last year after doing...

No chlorine added at all. Been a bad year for stupid pool mistakes it seems. I will check out the OCLT. I have noticed that if I don't run the SWG 24/7 that I end up with a FC of 1 or even back down to zero.

I don't know why or how, but I completely forgot to shock the pool after opening. The pool has been cleaned and running for a few weeks, but no one has been in it yet. My main question is should I go ahead and shock the pool and kind of "start over"? We've been running the SWG almost...

Right, it was still clear. The test kit is barely a year old so I figured I'd at least get more than two months use from it. Last year when I first got the kit my levels were apparently in the high teens so I have no idea if I had done a normal shock before starting with the salt - might have...

Okay, after having to do a drain/refill twice and wasting another thing of CYA the thing is back and going. Now the question is how long should it take to get good chlorine levels? It has been running about 24 hours so far and here are the new numbers FC - 2 CC - .5 PH - 7.5/7.8 TA - 110 CH...

Okay, lesson learned - test pool before adding salt. Totally forgot salt doesn't just disappear and since the thing kept saying low salt... changed out the new swg and of course high salt. Currently draining the pool and will have to suck up the cost of all the cya and other chems I recently...

I just did the test before posting - levels are up a lot from a few days ago and salt hasn't been added in a week. If it detects too much salt it would report high salt, which would be more appropriate. I hate to have to remove the connectors to pop in the other machine, but might have to at...

Right now FC 0 CC 0 TC 0 Ph 7.5 TA 120 CYA Assume 0 (Very little left to test with until the last I added has dissolved) Salt 5400 Just checked and of course the SWG is saying low salt and not running, which makes no sense since it was fine an hour ago before cycling the power.

I just added another thing of CYA a few minutes ago - will that throw things off at all?

We have one of the little Intex SWG (Pre-copper) that has worked great in the past, but this year seems something might be wrong. It has been running for about a week from 12-24 hours a day - green light has been on indicating it is producing chlorine. The problem comes when testing the levels...

30' round and I'm going off 20,000 gallons since it isn't quite full I have added 5lb so far based on what was recommended above about reaching 30 first and that was on Saturday.

Not quite a week, but decided to test things before cleaning the pool. Here is what things are at now with half the bleach and half the stabilizer added. FC - 13 CC - 0 Ph - 7.8 TA - 110 Ch - 200 CYA - 20-25 Salt - 3800 Since it hasn't been the week for the stabilizer should I just keep...

Okay, got my homey the clown sock with 5lb in front of the return (both of ours are stacked so I can only use one). I guess it was a good thing I didn't dump all the chlorine and the stabilizer at once like previously.

Was just about to edit the post after clicking on CYA on the calculator and seeing that. Opps. Will check the pool sections at Lowes and HD since I recall seeing that name. I might have missed it, but what calculation is used for reducing the CC level? On the calc is says suggested FC for...

Okay, well 5 shades of red might have been using the term too loosely =] Of course this is coming from someone who has trouble telling a dark blue shirt from a black one. Since we still have test sticks left I did some of those as well and the range was at least close between the two...