Recent content by jshowalter

Hey thanks, I never thought of that! Currently the jets are pointed horizontally, and we don't use some of the banks of them (but I don't shut them off because there's plenty of jet pressure), so I'll point those downwards and see if it helps. We can also increase the amount of time on filter...

Indeed, it looks like the photos in that link. Our filter never seems particularly dirty. I'll try soaking it to make sure. The design of the spa has the jets from about halfway to the water surface, with a big volume below the level of the jets where feet, etc. go, and the skimmer is on the...

Using BBB method, chemistry is perfect. Water when spa is not pumping is very clear. If I run the jets, then stop them, and look at the water illuminated by the underwater light, and wait for the bubbles to disperse, there are teeny tiny little white flakes swirling around. At first I thought...

I zapped it with bleach and, oddly, it cleared up and the CYA dropped, which shouldn't happen? Anyway, it seems to be back to normal.

Thanks! The weird thing is that CYA was only 30 a few days ago (I can measure it accurately with the special tube with the black dot at the bottom that came with the test kit). I'd been adding Dichlor to bring it up, thinking it should be at 50. Now it's at 50 and that's bad. Unfortunately it...

Los Gatos, California.

I did the conversion by fully draining, filling, bleaching, flushing, replacing the filter, draining, filling, flushing, and replacing the filter again. Here's what it looked like when I was done: photos-of-a-successful-spa-conversion-from-baqua-t38539.html Note how pretty the water looks...

Yes, we're using BBB. We've only had the spa for a couple of months, and the first month of that was spent battling Baqua. I drained, flushed, refilled, drained, flushed, refilled to get rid of hated awful Baqua, and then started BBB. So short answer is, the water was changed just a month ago...

TA 80, CH 280, FC 3, pH 7.5, CYA 50, borate 30. Two-adult bather load, nighly, every day. Full showers before entering spa, and we get out if we need to urinate. Water had been completely clear, absolutely pristine. A few days ago, it acquired a slight translucent look, kind of milky (but...

Our spa water was green, semi-opaque, and nasty. Looks a *lot* better now, and the water feels and smells wonderful. First scrubbed (gently) around the waterline with Baqua's shell cleaner to remove the brown deposits, drained, removed filter, refilled, added Spa System Flush, ran the jets...