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Howdy all. So after 10 months of purging, cleaning, testing for bacterium at a lab, avoiding the hot tub and suffering from itching when I did hop in, last night I went to a friend’s place and tried his bromine sanitised hot tub. NO ITCHING!! I’m so relieved but disappointed I have barely been...

G’day folks. Simple question: Chlorine or bromine in your hot tub? And why do you use the chemical you do? Steve

G'day all. So my daughter has been giving our hot tub a fair workout here in Australia, especially leading up to summer when she had a fake tan, and during summer when she, amazingly, also sometimes goes with a fake tan. Anyhoo, I have been giving my hot tub a deep purge over the past couple...

Ok. So I did a deep purge and clean with an Ahh-Some equivalent here in Australia and still had a skin reaction after my first use. I have a contact at a laboratory and had the hot tub water tested professionally for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It was positive. 16 orgs/100mL. Fabulous. What am...

Howdy all. I am using an Australian liquid test from Clear Choice Labs. Very good product although pH can be tricky to read with the colours. The FC and CC is measured in 0.5ppm increments. I find I always have 0.5ppm CC. Is this acceptable?

G’day all, I was looking for the Ahh-Some product in Australia which is apparently Lo-Chlor Aquaspa Pipe Klenz. I believe Ahh-Some provide their chemicals to Lo-Chlor and it is the same product. Anyhoo, in doing so I noticed their chlorine and bromine-free sanitising system, Aquaspa. It uses...

First time poster here. I've had a few skin issues for a while and barely used our hot tub since May. Doc thinks it’s mild psuedomonas foliculitus. I've had itchy skin for months despite no spa use. Might be just me. Do I need to do a full empty and clean, refill and balance? I've given it a...