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i'll give old mates decontaminate a go. but no the tub is 2nd hand from some family friends and was sitting around empty for quite some time so i'd say something has gotten in the pipes and is just starting to break down now

the other day me and my gf where using the spa when a piece or two of this orange gunk floats past. it has a rubbery skin kind of texture and orange circle style patterns on it? has anyone seen this kind of stuff before? thought maybe it could be a dead cockroach or maybe some sort of fungi? is there anything i can get to clean out the piping work of my spa, like draino or something? any information would be appreciated thanks shane

so after a little bit of reading and kind of getting my head around it, i went out and bought a test kit got a test kit. my free chlorine was up above 5.0, way darker pink then the color on the tester ph was over 8.2 and can't remember what the total akalinity was. but so far over the last couple of days and emptying some of the water i've gotten the chlorine down to about 4.0, the ph to 7.6 and TA 120ppm do these numbers sound right for my sized spa? the chlorine still needs to come down a little i know.

hi everyone. foudn this forum as i'm some advice and help about maintaining a spa. i'm australian so measurements might be a little different but will do my best to convert them. i have a small 3 person spa (700 litres, 184gal) that we purchased off some friends. and owned for about 6months. my friend who works for a pool cleaning shop gave me 2 products to use to keep my spa water decent these are: spa shock, actvive consituant potassium peroxy, monosulphate 45.2% inert ingredients 54.0% actuve oxyben 4.75% spa sanitiser, active consit: 350g/kg available chlorine present as litium hypocholorite. he told me just to throw a cap full of the sanitiser in ever 2 or 3 days, cap full is about 100grams. and the spa shock in once a week or after heavy use. and thats what i did for a couple of months though the spa saw very little use as it was winter and rather cold out side. so the water has been sitting there untreated for about 2 months and i have just finished draining it out. i have a test kit that came with the spa, though it has no instructions, blue devil is the kit brand and i am missing one of the test fluids, this is the first time i've really actually looked at it. i'm hoping to keep the water up around the 35 - 36 degrees (about 100 Fahrenheit) are there any changes i should make to my water treatment schedual? am i ok to give the tub a clean with something like dettol (antiseptic) before i fill the water back up again? should i go out and get another test kit or tabs? if i do how often do i check the water and i have no real idea on how to balance the water out once it has been tested. i'll keep reading a few of the guides on here and see if i can wrap my head around them thanks heaps for any information you can provide and if i haven't given enough info will gladly supply more