Alright, so normally I don't have a problem with my hot tub, however, right now I can't get it back to clear. The first week after I filled it everything was fine, however, my Calcium Hardness was low so I added Leisure Time Protectant Calcium Booster. Over the next 36 hours after adding that chemical my Spa went from nice and clear to a terrible milky color.
My first instinct was to shock it (Dichlor) because my CCL went > 1PPM, so I took FCL up to 9PPM, and it didn't really do anything over the next 36 hours my FCL never dropped before 6 PPM, but my CCL was still .4-.5 So my next thought was I didn't shock it hard enough, so I've gave it another hit and took it up to ~17PPM and also added some MPS to help oxidize any chloramine's off faster. That seemed to get my CCL down to ~.2 which was progress, however, it's still cloudy.
As of writing this right now 48 hours later my chemistry looks like the below. So I still think growing in there, but I have no freaking clue what or how to kill it, or if this is just a problem because it's so hot out and my hot tub keeps going into summer logic and isn't circulating the chemicals.
Does anyone have thoughts?
My first instinct was to shock it (Dichlor) because my CCL went > 1PPM, so I took FCL up to 9PPM, and it didn't really do anything over the next 36 hours my FCL never dropped before 6 PPM, but my CCL was still .4-.5 So my next thought was I didn't shock it hard enough, so I've gave it another hit and took it up to ~17PPM and also added some MPS to help oxidize any chloramine's off faster. That seemed to get my CCL down to ~.2 which was progress, however, it's still cloudy.
As of writing this right now 48 hours later my chemistry looks like the below. So I still think growing in there, but I have no freaking clue what or how to kill it, or if this is just a problem because it's so hot out and my hot tub keeps going into summer logic and isn't circulating the chemicals.
Does anyone have thoughts?
TEST RESULT | ||
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Test factors | Test result | Range |
Free Chlorine | 11.99 | 2-5 |
Total Chlorine | 13.3 | 2-5 |
Combined Chlorine | 1.31 | 0-0.2 |
pH | 7.3 | 7.2-7.6 |
Alkalinity | 62 | 50-120 |
Hardness | 173 | 150-250 |
Cyanuric Acid | 62 | 0-150 |
Iron | 0.1 | 0-0.2 |
Copper | 0 | 0-0.2 |
Borate | 46 | 45-55 |