mjmiller427

I had a biofilm issue which I cleared up with Ahh-Some...I refilled and balanced everything and took the sample to get checked professionally and everything was perfect. I use a bromine floater and over the past month all my levels are perfect except for the FCI reading which is off the charts. I use Leisure Time "Replenish" as a shock and I put a teaspoon in after each hot tub use. My question is how to lower my FCI (Bromine) level. Is it as simple as taking the feeder out for a few days??

Robquick trust me Ahh-Some is the way to go...just had a huge issue with biofilm in my hot tub and used "Spa Purge" 4 times and did Nitro's decontamination method twice and it didn't work...one small bottle of Ahh-Some (two servings basically) had my hot tub like new

It certainly wasn't that I didn't believe you just frustrated....I purchased Ahh-Some the night of your last reply and used it the next day...two cycles of Ahh-Some and my hot tub is sparkling...if anyone needs any more convincing of what product to use this is it...I had hot tub techs tell me it's the worst case of biofilm they've seen and two runs through of Ahh-Some knocked it out....thanks for the advice Chem Geek

sorry ***1600 gallons of water dumped so far

I will try Ahh-Some purge but it seems like the Spa Purge was working as far as looseining up the biofilm. Let me run this by you. I did 4 rounds of SPA PURGE and dumped 4 different times which means I've dumped 600 gallons of water containing biofilm out. Each time I dumped the hot tub I also took a shop vac and suctioned each jet (all 46 of them) out. I than filled up and did Nitro's decontamination method. I balanced the water, bleached it, opened up all of the jets, ran it for an hour and than dumped it. I completely cleaned the hot tub and cover and filled it back up today. I was preparing to start my chemical cycle(balance and add sodium bromide to start a reserve) when I noticed that when I turned my jets on more biofilm came out filling the tub as if I did NOTHING to it!! My question is if I see the biofilm floating is that still an issue OR am I to the point where my chemical cycle and sanitizer will kill whats left? To be clear since I noticed the biofilm and dumped the hot tub I have not even gotten to a point where Ive been able to fill and sanitize it for use and keep the chemical levels steady because I see biofilm floating every single time I fill it and hit the jets. I'm going nuts!

I bought a used/refurbished hot tub a year ago. No problems for the past year at all. Kept chemical levels good and drained/refilled every 3 months. None the less I developed biomold and it seemed to happen overnight. I used two rounds of Spa Purge (drained and refilled after each round) and there was definitely a good amount that loosened up and drained out. Before refilling again I used a shop vac to suck water out of each jet. I also used the shop vac in reverse to blow the jets out. Problem is every time I do this more and more biofilm comes out of the jets. It seemed the Spa Purge worked as far as loosening it up but even after draining it seems it's still sitting in my pipes. Do I keep doing spa purge's and draining until it's all gone? Does biomold get to a point that I can super shock it to kill it? I'm losing my mind trying to figure it out. To me it seems like even when draining the water since the jets aren't running obviously some water containing the biomold just settles back in!