Hi, I recently moved my 2000 gallon swim spa to a new house and filled with the well water and after going through the chemical startup procedure, the water has an odd smell to it.
My old house was city water, my new house is well water with more mineral content.
My spa at my old house smelled as you would expect a bromine spa to smell, like bromine. My new house I dont really smell bromine, it's some other weird smell. I wouldn't say its a horrible smell, it's just different. I am wondering if bromine mixed with well water reacts with the minerals and makes a different smell?
My TF 100 Pro test kit tested the water upon filling as:
PH 7.2
ALK 110
CH 215
I didn't really adjust anything, I just left it like that and added sanitation. My PH is usually around 7.5 on average, closer to 7.2 when not used and closer to 8 when aerated.
I am running around 2-4ppm of bromine, I use the 3 step method. I use bromine initiator, then put 3-4 tabs in a floater and then shock regularly with 2 to 3oz of MPS. Same method I used in my previous house.
The only other thing I can think of is my bromine and initiator were sitting in a hot shed for a while, I dont know if they break down or something like that?
I really wish I could describe the smell, I dont really smell it when I sit in the water and I dont really smell it on me when I get out. It's mainly when I open the cover and get a whif. The water is crystal clear. I am thinking about adding Boric acid or gentle spa to see if that helps.
Thanks
PS. The TF100 Pro chlorine drop test seems to work for Bromine, but I noticed the bromine uses a slightly different drop, are they interchangable?
My old house was city water, my new house is well water with more mineral content.
My spa at my old house smelled as you would expect a bromine spa to smell, like bromine. My new house I dont really smell bromine, it's some other weird smell. I wouldn't say its a horrible smell, it's just different. I am wondering if bromine mixed with well water reacts with the minerals and makes a different smell?
My TF 100 Pro test kit tested the water upon filling as:
PH 7.2
ALK 110
CH 215
I didn't really adjust anything, I just left it like that and added sanitation. My PH is usually around 7.5 on average, closer to 7.2 when not used and closer to 8 when aerated.
I am running around 2-4ppm of bromine, I use the 3 step method. I use bromine initiator, then put 3-4 tabs in a floater and then shock regularly with 2 to 3oz of MPS. Same method I used in my previous house.
The only other thing I can think of is my bromine and initiator were sitting in a hot shed for a while, I dont know if they break down or something like that?
I really wish I could describe the smell, I dont really smell it when I sit in the water and I dont really smell it on me when I get out. It's mainly when I open the cover and get a whif. The water is crystal clear. I am thinking about adding Boric acid or gentle spa to see if that helps.
Thanks
PS. The TF100 Pro chlorine drop test seems to work for Bromine, but I noticed the bromine uses a slightly different drop, are they interchangable?