A persistent issue I haven't seen discussed (apologies if I missed it):
As long as I keep the bromine level in my spa in good shape, I'm fine, but if it slips to zero for a few days without me noticing, the water turns cloudy and it seems there's no turning it back. Have tried shocking with higher levels of bromine and with SpaGuard Spa Shock (sufficiently to put the chlorine and bromine levels off the charts for a few days), and run the jets on high for several hours repeatedly with little change. Ph, TA, CH, etc are all right where they should be. This can happen even a week or two after refilling the spa with relatively minimal use...conversely if I keep the bromine levels adequate, I can go months and be fine.
Three questions:
1. What's happening?
2. Would a clarifier be the right answer (as opposed to dumping the water).
3. Is there a problem with the spa frog bromine cartridges reliability? (i.e., sometimes I go long periods with stable levels, other times I quickly go to zero, with similar usage levels).
Note: I add sufficient bromine to establish a bromine reserve at the outset when I refill.
THanks for any help!
As long as I keep the bromine level in my spa in good shape, I'm fine, but if it slips to zero for a few days without me noticing, the water turns cloudy and it seems there's no turning it back. Have tried shocking with higher levels of bromine and with SpaGuard Spa Shock (sufficiently to put the chlorine and bromine levels off the charts for a few days), and run the jets on high for several hours repeatedly with little change. Ph, TA, CH, etc are all right where they should be. This can happen even a week or two after refilling the spa with relatively minimal use...conversely if I keep the bromine levels adequate, I can go months and be fine.
Three questions:
1. What's happening?
2. Would a clarifier be the right answer (as opposed to dumping the water).
3. Is there a problem with the spa frog bromine cartridges reliability? (i.e., sometimes I go long periods with stable levels, other times I quickly go to zero, with similar usage levels).
Note: I add sufficient bromine to establish a bromine reserve at the outset when I refill.
THanks for any help!