Re: Hot Tub Green Water Color Issue After Clean Fill - Help! Ahh-Some Convert!
Update - 11/4/2016:
So my tub has been running for 7 weeks using dichlor / bleach method. Water has been balanced and the numbers have not been moving hardly at all. Had to increase the PH a bit to 7.8 and it put my tub at almost right on 0. I had a small scum line the next day (9/17) and then a small area that has a very small amount. Then that was it. I did rinse my filter everyday for the first 3-4 days and you could see where they had noticeable coloring on them (brownish tint) which rinsed right off using a garden hose. I have been dosing every seven days with 4oz of Ahh-Some maintenance solution and keeping the sanitizer where is should be and the water is absolutely clear.
So today, I went home at lunch and pulled the headrests - upped the bleach to 12ppm and decided to purge one last time before winter sets in in NY even thought it is still the clearest I can remember it ever being.
i put in the three teaspoons of Ahh-Some and run all jets and air. Not a lot of foam like in the past, which is a good sign (the dirtier the tub, the more the foam reacts) and I'm not seeing any brown swirls in the foam. I had a good 4" of foam but in the past it was more like 8-10" and wanted to overflow. I use a, aquarium fishnet and after the tub has run for a bit, to scoop through the foam to gather any particles or swirls that do appear. This time a few light colored swirls and some "chunks" but not alot. I'll attach a couple of pics, but remind you this is after the tub has run for the full 30 minutes, under full air, and I scooped the entire tub once before this at the 10 minute mark and then and the end. The pics are from the end of the cycle. I also have to wipe one side of the tub two or three time for a faint light brown greasy line that wiped off easily but wanted to stay ahead of it.
My plan is to let it run until tomorrow morning, with the filters still in the bottom of the tub soaking, and then drain, rinse, wipe, refill, sanitize, dump and refill. If for some reason I see alot more "stuff" come out, I'll do another purge again first.
Just wanted to follow up and a few weeks. The Ahh-Some product seems to have worked, especially along the with maintenance dose every week. But the proof will be in how the tub look when i drain and refill.
My question now is do I keep doing the maintenance dose every week or did Gerry have me do that because I had such a problem to start with? I can seem to reach him...
Pics of aquarium fishnet after scooping up depositsfrom the entire tub: