So I bought a new spa. I did reading on here, and I KNEW I should purge it with ahhh-some! But, I got too excited, listened to the delivery guy, and went against my own better judgement and filled it and heated it up. I saw the the spa was dated 10/10/18, so I thought how dirty could it be in just a couple of weeks? Wrong AGAIN! After I got it heated up, I spent a good 6 hours working on lowering my Alkalinity. I had the cover off for aeration purposes, so that could've contributed to part of the dirt; but after about 4 hours of adding MA and aerating, I started to notice a scum ring around the edges. I used a magic eraser to clean it off multiple times and so far it I haven't seen the ring since, but this tells me it's dirty! I've invested quite a bit of time and money adjusting the chemicals and heating the tub thus far, so my question is, do you think I can just wait 3-4 months to change the water, or is that gross and asking for problems? My CC hasn't been above 0.5 (but I also haven't gotten it to 0), so I don't think I have anything growing in there. Advise?
Also, I tried cleaning the scum off the edges with just bleach on a clean cloth, but it wasn't coming off, so I used a magic eraser. Is this okay to use in spas? I use it in my pool with no issues, but I'm not real experience with spas.
The spa has an ozonator and a clearray, which I run 24/7 (except when we are in it), my plan is to disconnect it after the newness wears off and we are not using it as much, but my understanding it's a good "sanitizer" to use in addition to bleach, so long as the spa is being used daily. Correct? I can choose how long I run the ozonator and clearray, should I be running them less?
My final question is does the ozonator put off a smell? When the spa was delivered, and obviously empty, it stunk (like fiberglass?). After being filled and ran, it smells sooo good. It's not a bleach smell. I haven't smelled anything like it before, and I can't figure out what it is...
Thank you as always for thoughts and advise!
Also, I tried cleaning the scum off the edges with just bleach on a clean cloth, but it wasn't coming off, so I used a magic eraser. Is this okay to use in spas? I use it in my pool with no issues, but I'm not real experience with spas.
The spa has an ozonator and a clearray, which I run 24/7 (except when we are in it), my plan is to disconnect it after the newness wears off and we are not using it as much, but my understanding it's a good "sanitizer" to use in addition to bleach, so long as the spa is being used daily. Correct? I can choose how long I run the ozonator and clearray, should I be running them less?
My final question is does the ozonator put off a smell? When the spa was delivered, and obviously empty, it stunk (like fiberglass?). After being filled and ran, it smells sooo good. It's not a bleach smell. I haven't smelled anything like it before, and I can't figure out what it is...
Thank you as always for thoughts and advise!