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Mid Florida...Vero Beach. Never freezes. Problem is I am leaving town...house empty. Cl always stable, but pH will be off at times. I can check on spa once a month, but not more that that. Drain or leave it? What do you think?

I am not taking the spa. thanks for advice

In Florida. I am moving. House not sold. Hard to find anyone to watch 8 X 12 ft swim spa. Has salt water with Cl generator so Cl stable over many weeks with no use of spa. Ph get wonky at times. I will be back every month to check on it. Any opinions on 1) leave it filled, or 2) drain it...

OK...not that I ever thought otherwise....but this website is the best! Thanks for the spirted discussion!

As per the spa sticky thread: "Never let FC drop to Zero for any length of time. Keep it between 3-6 ppm normally, min of 1 ppm, and shock to 12 ppm once a week." If my CC is 0.5 or less, do I need to shock once a week? thanks!

yes...oversight on my part. Thanks.

Update: I chose to upgrage well water softener system so I have constant supply and i will fill spa with softened water. This will elimiate tannins and visual iron issues. I also found a link somewhere in TFP for Duda Energy web site for very cheap borax (instead of Spa Gentle borax) and it is...

Quick update summary: 1) Easy to disable ozone. Just pulled power cable off master circuit board and plugged venturi port on injector. 2) EcoPure filter easy to disable- I just cracked open the plastic inner case and pulled out the EcoPure filter insert. Trivial issue as i will disguard this...

Hello. Do you work for or own Ahhsome? My name is Richard Handler. I am a phyisican here in town. I am a nephrologist (Hypertension, kidney disease, dialysis, etc.). My office used to be Vero Renal Associates. We merged with a larger company called Florida Kidney Physicians. I am new to...

I got my swim spa working. I pulled the power off of the ozone and plugged the venturi intake. Easy to control FC now with bleach. Going to add Saltron Mini soon as well. Ozone = too many uncontrollable varaibles (..in my personal calculation). I see FC on test results, I know bugs will be...

OK...update....spa filled with high iron and high tannin well water. I SLAMed it (...kinda over did it...FC>20). About 48-72 hours later with cover off, the water went from brown/tea colored/cloudy to now crystal clear. Only issue is iron colored ring around edge of spa (easily reomved with...

I though CH is needed to prevent foaming in spa?

The latest in my new Spa drama...My well water treatment guy tested our water and yup, has lot of iron. Our softener/peroxide system does a good job cleaning up the water for house use. He suggests we upgrade our water system for two tanks (so one fills while the other recharges), and that...

So I filled the new spa today from my well water and I have that nice clear yellow iron color. I am going to have my water guy install a Penteck DGD-2501 dual gradient filter in a big blue housing so I can use this set up for my every 3 month water changes. In the mean time, any harm in using...

Still waiting to get my new Master Spa swim spa's power wired up. However, I am going to disable the ozone/UV system before I start up the tub. I know how to just pull the ozone unit power off the main control board. I got that. My question is about the venturi port that would inject (or...

Thanks! The salt - acrylic interaction sounded like BS to me :cool:

So I asked Master Spa about using a SWG and of course adding salt to the spa for this. Their response was, "We don’t recommend the use of salt systems in the tubs as it converts the salt to a form of chlorine that is not recommended by the manufacturer of the acrylic as it can have a negative...

Jesyfert3- you are my kind of pool guy. I just put my Amazon order in for the Saltron Mini. I am just worried that the ozone generator is going to mess up my FC every day. I guess the SWG will compensate for that. It seems the UV light not a big problem, but Ozone may be. I plan to do what...

Thanks for the reference. So, should I just take out he UV lamp and reassembe the unit without the bulb? thanks

Thanks for the above tips. I may need to get a spa person to help me disable the ozone. I can take the cover panel off the spa, but not not sure exactly what to disconnect . Any tips on this or should I just get a pro to help me? Also....for the moderator....sorry for the duplicate...

So my new Master Spa has two filters. One has the EcoPure insert. I do not want to use this. Can I just remove the EcoPure insert and still use the filter, or do I have to buy a new filter that does not have the EcoPure insert? Thanks

Any tips on best way to disable (turn off) the ozone in a Master Spa trainer 12 (2021 model)?

Hello again. New to spa, but had may pools with TFP method. So, why bother with Dichlor for spa? Why not just use CYA and add bleach?

I am a long time TFP desciple with a pool. Recently moved and now bought a swim spa (1200 gallons). It is Master Spa with Ozone. After reading about the problems with FC burning with Ozone, I feel I should turn it off. I am well versed using hte TFT-100 kit and testing for FC/CC/CYA, etc and...

Yes. Thanks for the response. The flakes quickly dissolved with rapid drop in PH and the TA 30-40 range. I will start adding less bicarb each time TA is low ( I used to add 10 lb slugs when it dropped below 80 or 90). And I will let the TA get to 40 or 50 before adding bicarb. Thanks for your...

Moved from here. I am having same problem...Florida pool, plaster 13,000 gallon pool SWG CYA 70-80 TA kept around 100-120 ph 7.6 FC=6-8 CH=450 I noticed it last year when I started getting more aggressive with bicarb as I was letting the TA drop to 30-40 and thought that was too low. Now I...

Usual average values for past 4-5 yrs (pool built in 2006....I have no idea how pool kept up until 2013) FC 5-10 pH 7.6 TA=40 CH=300 CYA=80 Salt=3400 Borate=30 temp=84 CSI= -1.02 .....so this would put me in the problem area for 5 yrs....? cause of scale issue Now, if I keep all the above the...

I think I have calcium scale. I checked some local pool cleaners and they led me down this path. See new pics. I am not sure if I will do anything about it, but I am pretty sure it is not algae. I have always let my TA stay around 40-50 with the SWG...but looking at the CSI calculations, it...

Thanks for input. Pool is close ton15 yrs old....i have owned house for past 5 yrs. I will get it looked at asap. Also, overnight TC drop is minimal....1 at most....so i think i have killed algae ( if i actually had any to kill) Thanks again....very fustrating issue....all your help is...