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  1. Smilinbare, I was using Baqua for two years. I loved it. Unfortunetly I developed a water mold that would not go away no matter how many times I refilled my spa. I am now on bromine and am having no problems but I know that the mold could come back. Enjoy your Baqua experience for as long as you can but do not try to pull back on your sanitizer regimen. Lowering these levels WILL lead to unsanitary conditions and water mold. Water mold is showing up on most of the tubs that have been using Baqua eventually. As a matter of fact most dealers that sell Baqua have prepared protocols for tub owners who have the problem. Unfortunetly the only cure is super chlorination that needs to be run through every pipe for a couple of days. Any part that is missed will innoculate the whole tub again within a week. I keep my Bromine tub at 2-3 PPM and I have no water smell or skin problems. So dont be afraid to go to Bromine if you need to. I loved my Baqua and even though it was about 3 times as expensive as Bromine the water did feel smoother. But I am not going to go through the mold problem again for at least a year or two then maybe I'll try and go back. Good luck Artie
  2. Waterbear, thankyou for clarifying my anecdotal info. I guess I feel better about leisure time products because they dont seem to have the same exclusive relationshps with their sellers. It is easier to get at more places so I can compare recomendations. JIM,JIM,JIM, remember when you have a water mold problem your oxidizer will be depleted so you wont be able to break destroy the dead bacteria that the sanitizer has created. I really recommend getting the enzymes available to kill and break up the mold in your pipes the next time you refill your tub. Water mold is insidious and a scorched earth response is necessary.
  3. Hey smilinbear. The goo is from chlorine reacting with your biguanide. I'm not sure why no one has told you about this yet . The solution is a bit problematic. When you replace your water it is full of city chlorine. You need to either leave the tub open for a couple of days to release the chlorine as gas through the air or dechlorinate with a chemical. If youy dont do this the sanitizer will react with the chlorine giving you GOO! Just topping off your system with chlorinated water will create some goo. I actually use a five gallon bucket and dechlorinate it before i top off. This seems to have stopped my goo problem. Beyond all that I seem to have repaired my water mold problem. Here is the process. take out and replace filters. if the filter is very new and expensive you could try chemically cleaning it for at least 24 hours. Drain all the water from the tub, every bit. Use a wet dry vac and try to suck out water even from the jets and intakes. You'll never get it all, but get a bunch. fill your tub with water. Leave the filters out(they shoul already be soaking if you are not buying new.)If you can, buy some of the enzymes available at the links at this spa site. and use as directed. (Mind you that I did not have any enzymes and had to skip this step. next time I will probably use them. add 1oo ppm of dichlor. For a 500 gallon spa that is about 13 oz. run the spa continuously for 24 hours without the filters. turn on and off the blowers occasionally for several minutes at a time but keep the filter motors running. you dont need the heater on because you are going to dump this water. Drain the tub. If possible blast some water through the pipes after draining this might knock some stuff that just layed in the pipes after draining. Vaccuum the water out completely. There should be alot of white crap in the bottom of the tub. This is the mold. So you want to throughly clean the sides, filter box ,anything that has gunk on it. Rinse the entire tub with fresh water. Drain and vaccum completely again. Fill the hot tub and run it with the air jets on and the filter back in. If using biguanide leave the top off or dechlorinate. After one or 2 days rinse your filter out with a high pressure hose because some of the gunk will still be moving through your system. You are done. I have had crystle clear water for 2 weeks now. I'll let you know about how long it lasts. I will be switching from baqua to leisure time biguanide. The base chemical is the same(hydrogen pyroxide) but they are not as dogmatic about their use with other products. Remember the best way to be sure you have a water mold is when your pyroxide dissapears in a day. That is because the mold eats it up. So if your oxidizer level dissapears right after you put it in you have water mold. Good luck
  4. thanks for the response. I have draind and am in the process of disinfectant with 100 PPM dichlor. Will run for 24 hours. cleaned filter and headrests with acids. I am turning the air ducts off and on occasionally. I am not using the enzyme treatment because i dont have any. But I an going to get some if I have to do this again. Hopefully the massive chlorine hit will clean out the pipes. I will drain again tomorrow and refill and do a start up. Hopefully ill get lucky and it will be clean. I'll keep all informed and post a detailed protocol if it works.
  5. Been using Baqua for 2 years with very good results until recently. I own a sundance optima with no ozonator. My water now gets cloudy within a week of refilling. And it smells a bit when I open the top. Chemicals are all within optimal range, filter cartridges are new and I have even started to dechlorinate my topping off. Is it true that there are some bacterias that develope in peroxide based spas that become resistant to sanitizers? I cannot use chlorine/bromine because of a skin condition. The cloudiness is white and does not appear to be calcium. I can see the bottom still but it is not clear at all Are there any possible fixes or chemical treatments that will clear it out between refills? And is it true that sometimes it is not fixable?
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