Recent content by AClogston

Thanks to everyone who took the time to cast a vote. I greatly appreciate it. :goodjob: Still in the lead too, though there's still a week left in the voting.

I'm sure all the ski areas numbers must be way down. Loon stops making snow next week and the rest might take a drastic hit with the warmer weather coming up.

Thanks for your time everyone! I hope it's not violating any forum policy, that's why I posted it in this section. Apologies if so.

Hey everyone, Entirely unrelated to pools, but I could use your assistance nonetheless. A camera product company is running a contest to name their newest product, and my entry is one the Top Twelve being voted on to win. As of right now, I'm ahead but the competition is stiff, so I could use...

I'm not sure about Tmaragni, but I do just that, and I soak the set not in use in bleach overnight. Doesn't seem to affect the foam much at all.

I've been having the same issue. I wish people would shower more often before using the spa, but hardly anyone does. No matter how many signs are posted. I've just been doing partial drains twice a week, keeping up on my filter cleaning, and living with it. I know the water's clean and that's...

I'd still try adding a couple drops of Sodium Thiosulfate (the clear drops used to start a TA test) to the sample before testing. When testing CH, my samples are always clear until I started doing this, then I can test as normal. I've also had success with this when the reagents were a year old...

Thanks for your effort James. I think I'm going to try draining the upper tier (roughly 850 gallons) every other day, after the spa has closed for the night, in addition to more frequent shocking. If needed I'll also do a full drain refill weekly/bi-weekly. There's no way my higher-ups are...

I don't know if it's the same problem, but I have to add two drops of sodium thiosulfate when I test our bromine pool and spa to see the pink color when testing CH. You could try this and see if it helps.

Every day I have to add I'd say about 50-75 gallons of fresh water anyway and that also has no effect and it also puts the temp down to about 90, so I think doing so with 200-400 gallons daily would leave in a constant state on "not hot enough", which gets me yelled at.

What are the advantages of using Sodium Hypochlorite for shocking? Doesn't it raise pH (which I'm constantly battling to keep lower), whereas MPS does not? Don't it and bleach accomplish the same thing. I'm trying not to "skimp", but completely draining a 3,200 gal hot tub every week is a time...

The bromine level is maintained via a standard tablet feeder and it gets shocked with MPS once or twice a week. The bromine level is usually around 5-6ppm (upper end of the limit), and I was hoping that keeping it constantly higher would eliminate the need for shocking as often and help keep the...

Thanks again for your reply Scott. The 20 users a day figure is a really high estimate, in fact I'd say it only sees 20 users on Friday and Saturdays, and that's on a busy weekend. I can try to shock it more often and see if that helps. Here's another question. To shock this hot tub, I use MPS...

Thanks for the replies guys. The state regs make no mention of borates, so I assume there's nothing to say I can't use them. Maybe that would be worth a shot. The spa is indeed plaster, that along with the supposed reduction in foaming is why I thought a higher CH might help. To combat the...

Hello everybody, Our resort had a new indoor hot tub built a few months ago and I've been having a couple issues with it. Ours is the only multi-tier hot tub in the whole state, and now I know why, this thing is a pain! The pH is constantly on the rise due to the aeration of the three...