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I would like to run my heater to get water warmer since its beatiful weather outside finally after cold. According to the heater (Hayward 400k BTU Natural gas) manual CH minimum is 200 but my CH currently is 25. I have a salt vinyl pool. I believe its not required to have higher CH for Salt...

So after always being not sure when is the dot actually considered gone during the test. I bought R-7065 CYA standard to test for how it should look. The standard solution is calibrated to 50ppm CYA. After doing the test with standard solution this is what it looks like at 50ppm in test tube...

I just purged the water with ahhhsome. What should be CH target? It's at 25 on fresh fill.

I just did another test after starting the SLAM yesterday and FC has held up finally after a whole day today from this morning. But CC is still 1.5 and CYA is still high. I should just purge the water right?

Sorry for so many questions and thank you so much for your guidance. What's the best way to clean my 5 filters. Just rinsing with water? Rinsing in Dish washer? or they gave me SpaGuard Filter Cleaner spray to spray on them then rinsing with water For salt hot tub calcium hardness on the test...

How about checking Phosphate levels? Hot Tub place gave me phosphate test strips and phosphate remover and told me to test each week. I haven't seen anyone mention it here yet.

For CYA test when do you decide to stop? I almost feel like my brain is playing tricks on me, feel like i can still see the dot but not really. Do i stop when i can't see the dot at all? or if i see any tint of dot i continue?

I bought some Ahhhsome today should be here in few days. How much bleach/liquod chlorine should i add after/before hottub use? is it dependent on how many people? Usually its wife and I and kids sometimes but on weekends sometimes there could be more people.

Added 20oz of 7.5% bleach to SLAM FC to 31. Had the jets run for 30 mins. waited another 30 mins rechecked FC it was at 21.5 so I added 7oz more of bleach. Will recheck FC later tonight again. When I was buying the tub I asked the sales lady if I should do Ahhhsome to clear out oils from pipes...

I meant SLAM

I will try to shock it first. According to Pool Math for shock level target its telling me 31 FC and to add 15oz of 10% Bleach (Liquid Chlorine in my case). Does that seem right? when I shock do I let the jets run for longer or usual 10 min cycle is enough since the hot tub has one pump running...

Retested the water today. FC 4.5 CC 1.5 TC 6.0 TA 60 CYA 80 CH 25 Ph 7.5 I bought some liquid chlorine (Pool Essentials Pool Chlorinating Liquid), baking soda (Arm & Hammer 12lb Baking Soda), muriatic acid (HDX 1 Gal Muriatic Acid Balancer) from home depot. Hope those are the correct...

So it's okay to use all those pool products (liquid chlorine, baking soda, soda ash, washing soda) from recommend pool chemicals guide in hot tub? Hot tub people kept saying over and over not to use pool chemicals in hot tub. Also what's the best way to setup the pool math app for hottub? What...

Sorry not Taylot but TF Pro test kit. for chlorine i used the yellow red block that checks ph and chlorine. I'll do the actual chlorine FC test tommorow. For TA, CYA and CH i used the instructions from TF Pro test kit. How much chlorine should i add to completely eliminate oils/makeup to...

Hi everyone, few weeks ago I bought a Hot Spring Grandee with Salt cartridge and Silver Ion stick. I had the salt output at 7 at first when they set it up. Everything was good. Been hitting the boost button every time we used it adding chlorine when needed. Then my wifes girl friends were in...

In the videos i attached there is alot of air bubbles coming out of jet returns and pump basket has air pocket at the top. when i turn on the pump there is no air pocket but over time it forms. It comes and goes. Sometimes no air bubbles and some times more or less. Is this normal or is there an...