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    Intex inflatable Hot tub has black carbon flakes in the water

    Can you please elaborate on how you did this? How did you use a filter with a PVC cap? Did you use something like a wire mesh screen, like a household faucet would have? Thanks. I am now considering some sort of in-line filter. It has required extensive cleaning to rid my tub of the carbon...
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    Intex inflatable Hot tub has black carbon flakes in the water

    I have these, too, in my Intex hot tub. I have slammed it several times and used algacide twice and changed the filters. I had it inside for the winter, had the power flip off and they appeared. I meticulously cleaned it after draining, including what lines I can get to while taking it apart to...
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    Getting started, having trouble keeping chlorine level up

    Re: Getting started, having trouble keeping chlorine level u Thanks for the help! I'm continuing with the SLAM, but I have a post-SLAM question: If my SLAM FC level is 10-12, and my OCLT has been met, so 10-11. The average FC levels are 3-7. So, a small drop in FC every day or every few days is...
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    Getting started, having trouble keeping chlorine level up

    Our pool has been open for 3 weeks, as we just installed it. It came with the complementary pool frog, set to 3. I started reading this site even before the install was finished, knowing the pool frog wouldn't last long. I ordered the K-2006, and upon its arrival, learned I had 0 chlorine...