Recent content by StuffMan

Sick SPA !! I did add two scum balls a couple of days ago.... and have continued to monitor the water. No one has entered my spa since I changed the water about a week ago. I went out this morning to test the water and found this brownish film almost covering the surface of my spa. I have...

Over the past couple of weeks my spa water seemed to become tinted with a brownish color. I use the BBB Method. My water chemistry was fine: FC = 4 PH = 7.6 TA = 80 CA = 160 CYA = 30 Bor = 50 Temp = 102. I shocked the spa multiple times up to FC = 35 and cleaned my filter twice..... still had...

I was trying to avoid spending the $3k to $4K investment for a whole house electrical generator this year due to the expense of purchasing my spa ..... too many $'s flowing out not enough coming in…… So, let me toss out this idea; to keep my spa from freezing if we lost power during a blizzard...

This is our first season owning a spa . We live in central Illinois where the winters can be very cold with varying amounts of snow. Can you provide any advise regarding maintaining our spa throughout the winter months? One of my biggest concerns would be having a power outage when the...

I increased my FC to 10 ppm and thoroughly clean my spa filter yesterday (it was defiantly needing a cleaning). This morning I can report that the foaming has stopped and my water quality is back to clean and clear! Thanks for the help.

We use unscented 6% Clorox bleach. We do have something called "Sap-Perfect" which was sold to us with many other spa store chemicals to get our new spa up and running a few months ago. Spa-Perfect is a product which breaks down body oils, lotions and soaps allowing the spa filter to remove...

I am using the BBB water method for our 550 gallon spa. Our water has been perfect for the last couple of months. My daughter had a spa party a couple of days ago and now we seem to be plagued with foam each time we turn the jets on. I’m sure they brought lotion, soap and perfume into our spa...

Hello, I have been using the BBB method with my spa for the last month and have been enjoying clean and clear water! I do not have a SWG, but based upon the information from the "Pool Calculator" I can see that "salt" is created from using chlorine products; (bleach, dichlor, trichlor...