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My water has never gotten cloudy - knock on wood. I rinse the filter once per week. I have found it much easier to maintain levels with TA lower. Fewer chemical additions because I'm not chasing pH. If you keep adding dry/muriatic acid to offset the pH rise the TA will eventually get where...

Many manufacturers and pool stores suggest 80-120 but those number will not work for me. The pH drifts high every time. I use 50-60 for the reasons you mention. I use granular boric acid (borates) from Duda Diesel and the pH doesn't move much. The bromine tabs will drive the pH down a...

Based on what you wrote the Bromine setup seems reasonable. After two person-hours in my spa I add 4 ounces of 6% chlorine then place the floater back in the spa. I view the floater as there to maintain the sanitation between uses - not to replace/reactivate sanitation from spa usage. You...

I use bromine in my 345 gallon spa. My spa came with the Frog system and I no longer use it for several reasons. A quality test kit such as a Taylor K-2106 is needed. I follow the 2-step bromine method while I'm home and add the floater when I travel. I use a Pentair 335 floater and add 1"...

How do you maintain FC with Dicholr/Bleach system when you travel for a week?

After an Ahh-some treatment, drain, and refill my preferred order is: Add sodium bromide then bleach to get sanitation into the tub. Adjust TA first then pH. My tub is stable with TA = 50 and pH = 7.7 24 hours after adding the last baking soda the tub is at temperature and I will adjust CH...

I started with the Frog system but that was quickly replaced with the three step Bromine process as described in this forum's sticky note. Disclaimer: I have no experience with pools or Ozonators. The short version of my drain/refill procedure is: 1. Bring tub up to shock level and complete...

You can try it but my opinion is, if using the SmartChlor, the chlorine free chlorine (FC) and combine chlorine (CC) results may not be accurate. I don't know about using the Bromine carts. You would have to compare results between the test kit and Frog strips. After I received my Taylor 2106...

My spa can with an inline Frog system and was used for several months. Question #1 - The product instructions only referred to the jump start packet and that's all I did. I recall the packet having dichlor shock but was mostly "Other ingredients". Sodium Bromide supplement was not needed...

My experience has been pool stores and spa manufacturers will normally recommend a TA of 80-120 for both spas and pools. I don't think you will find those values recommended on TFP with respect to spas. I use bromine and don't worry much about CYA but I would suggest using Poolmath to...

I used the Frog system with my new Relay until they were consumed. The system is convenient but relatively expensive. I had difficulty trusting the low value sanitation level. I could only find the Chlorine cartridges online. The Bromine cartridges were readily available locally. The sole...