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I have been having a similar problem with my spa however it has been going on much longer. I have a Genesis Salt water bromine generator system. We just refilled our spa recently (this is the first refill for us) and used a liquid product called "BromeAdd" to add the Sodium Bromide (NaBr) to the water. BromeAdd is 35% NaBr, this was used because the 98% NaBr TruBlu granular product is not available in Canada. I suspect this has caused the high pH however I cannot be sure. After adding many iterations of Sodium Bisulfate (acid to lower pH) to lower the pH and also adding sodium bicarbonate to raise Total Alkalinity, (this is done first when it is required) it seems to remain at 8.4 according to my dipstick reading and 8.0-8.2 according to my local spa dealers test. TA has been maintained anywhere from 120-180 ppm. What I am wondering if there is anyone else out there who may be using BromeAdd for their Genesis system, and if they have experienced the same issue with pH after startup? Cheers, ~Steve