Recent content by rmcmullan

I did, thanks -- we're refilling today. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing something wrong by doing daily FC maintenance only, instead of daily plus periodic shock.

As part of weekly or monthly maintenance in a dichlor-then-bleach hot tub, are chlorine shocks necessary (12-13ppm FC, 30ppm CYA)? Or is it just in response to problems (cloudiness, odor, foaming, etc.)? Just getting over some hot tub rash, so I want to make sure I'm dotting every "i".

I'm guessing between your and @JoyfulNoise 's response, you mean to turn if off for good and not as a temporary measure. I'm keeping the hot tub at 100°F. @JoyfulNoise, I see your point. I'm trying to conserve water on account of it being rare here, so I thought I'd give the SLAM a try, but...

After some hot tub rash, I've been SLAMing my covered hot tub (using the 13ppm FC recommended in the PoolMath app). With 33ppm CYA, I've been raising the FC to 13 ppm 2-4 times throughout the day, testing at the end of the daylight (about 4pm) and then testing again the next morning (about...

Thank you for the feedback. I just did the listed weekly and had a scum line the next morning. Probably the clarifier doing its flocculating and the globs sticking to the side. My intuition was that this was too much, but it's nice to get a gut check from the community. Thanks again.

Hello gang, We just got a hot tub and it's my first time managing a pool or hot tub. The resources of the forum have been very helpful trying to cut through the marketing haze to get a reality check on things, so thank you. I had some college courses in chemistry, so I have some basis for...

Hello. New hot tub owner and I'm compiling my weekly and monthly maintenance list. I started with the manufacturer's recommendations, but wanted to check with the collective wisdom here to see 1) if there's anything additional I should be doing, 2) if there's anything needless or too frequent...