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I contacted my hot tub dealer and they said I should be fine with low to moderate amounts of liquid chlorine as long as I’m careful.

The manual says dichlor and the frog@ease for chlorine options.

I’m aware of the dichlor/bleach method and would like to try it (especially since my CYA is currently at 50ppm and I don’t want to drain/refill at the moment) but my Caldera manual does not list sodium hypochlorite as an approved sanitizer and states that using sanitizers not approved by Watkins...

Thank you! I didn’t realize that was a thing. Mine is the only one I’ve actually seen like this until yours. Do you know how long they typically last?

As far as the question of above ground/inground. I honestly don’t know what you would call this pool. It came with the house and is probably as old as I am. Under the deck I can see the sides of the pool but in the deep end, the panels are buried at least half way in several feet of dirt. So not...

I used to have a Hayward Super Pump 1HP. Unfortunately we gave it away. I’m thinking that may have worked. 😞 So I guess I’m in the market for one now. What would you recommend?

So a 1HP super pump would work?

Pool came with the house and very old equipment. After years of struggling I decided to update, but I am realizing now that I should have purchased an inground system since the pump house is up on the deck instead of below the water level. Is there a way to make this work? Would an inground...

Been working at it for the last hour and a half. Got the pH to 7.8 and alkalinity is at 60. I think that’s about as good as it’s going to get. I’m calling it. 😂

Was able to get pH down to 7.6 but alkalinity was only at 30 (which is basically where I started from the tap). Decided to add more baking soda. Got alkalinity up to 100, now I’m adding acid to drop pH from 8+ to hopefully somewhere in the 7s. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Tested, retested and added acid every 15-30 minutes tonight. Very little improvement in pH (still looking like 8.0+, however just one drop of acid demand brings it to 7.4, so getting closer). It lowered my Alkalinity from 70 to 50. I’ll try again tomorrow. Although I’m worried I’ll need to...

New hot tub owner. Trying to balance chemicals. I cannot for the life of me get my pH down. It has been at or over 8.0 for several days despite adding acid. Water is crystal clear. Any suggestions? Do I keep adding acid every few hours until it works? pH 8.0+ TA 70 CH 150 CYA <30

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We just refilled our Caldera Vacanza series hot tub. My tap water runs at 20ppm and recommended levels are around 150ppm. I was able to increase CH to 60 with what I had left of my spa calcium hardness increaser that came with the tub.

Our pool/spa store is closed for the week due to the holiday and I’m out of calcium hardness increaser. I have some HTH Calcium Up for my pool. Can I use that in my hot tub?

We recently got a hot tub and was given the @ease system to use. I was given instructions on shocking with 1oz dichlor and 2oz MPS weekly. Well the @ease system wasn’t keeping up with heavy usage. My tub was turning slightly green in color (still very clear) and my CC was through the roof. So I...

I could cry tears of joy. I can see the bottom of the 8’ section after roughly 24hrs of filtering. My only issue is that it is difficult to prime and I keep losing suction when the filter gets clogged up (DE Filter) but once it’s clean, that shouldn’t be an issue. There was a lot of dead algae...

Thank you!

Pool is starting to clear. I think the DE may already be spent though. I have a lot to learn about DE filters but impressed so far. Doing some research tonight.

We definitely had pool sand in the filter, we got it from our local pool store. I believe we had a damaged multiport valve among other issues so decided it was time to get a new filter and pump. We upgraded to a much bigger set up as it should have been for a pool this size. Wish I would have...

So I might be getting some where. We always use the pool robot to vacuum. I decided to take out the antique vac set up and give it a go. I set it to pull only from the skimmer and put the vac head right above the bottom drain and let it just hang out and suck. I could hear junk coming through...

I used to be able to switch to skimmer/bottom drain only without ever losing suction. Something is up with the set up but I can’t figure out what. Servicing my pump didn’t really help.

So pool is blue but extremely cloudy. I can’t see the bottom in the three foot section. It has stayed cloudy despite running 24/7 and slamming for weeks. I backwashed this morning (I finally got an increase in psi after about a week). My system is struggling to hold suction. If I switch it to...

I have a 24k gallon in ground vinyl pool. Looking for recommendations for a pump and filter. I currently have a Hayward sand filter and pump and am tired of replacing parts and repairing. I want something reliable and efficient. Thank you!!

So my Dad convinced me to put Algaecide in last night. I was reluctant because I always thought Algaecide was unnecessary but I did it. I have a blue pool this morning. I am continuing with the slam process as it is still cloudy. I also think my gauge might be faulty on the filter. It didn’t say...

Correct. Nonstop for a couple of weeks now.

Pool is still green. Pressure in the filter has not gone up at all since I started slamming the pool. I find this very unusual. It’s actually lower PSI than normal.