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  1. Firemedic1990

    Muriatic Acid turned my water yellow!

    I have been following that, I use the 3 step method because sometimes I’m away for a couple of days at a time for work. (My husband doesn’t mess with caring for my “toy’s”.) It has been very informative, thanks. I am teaching 2 of my sons about caring for them so they can help when that happens...
  2. Firemedic1990

    Muriatic Acid turned my water yellow!

    I’ At setup I use granular bromine & I have tablet floater.
  3. Firemedic1990

    Muriatic Acid turned my water yellow!

    So I started adding baking soda 3 oz at a time, running the jets & aerator, and testing every 30 minutes last night by 1AM my pH was 7.6 & TA 160. It would have taken much longer to drain the tub & refill. This morning my water is clear & beautiful. The test results: Bromine 2.25 pH 8.0 TA...
  4. Firemedic1990

    Muriatic Acid turned my water yellow!

    Thanks for the response. So I retested the water and the pH test is bright yellow and the TA is red with the alkalinity indicator. Hard lesson to learn. I’m guessing I’ll need to dump and start over?
  5. Firemedic1990

    Muriatic Acid turned my water yellow!

    Hello. I’ve been lurking here for a couple of years and this year I decided I was going to jump in. I cleaned my hot tub and added fresh water. The specifics are in my signature. My Taylor test kit came today, I had been using the HTH from Walmart, and my test was as follows: Bromine 5.4, pH was...