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Maybe 30-45 minutes The instructions summary is basically: Add Metal Gon during fill. Pouring around edge. Add 4 ounces of Reserve for every 250 gallons of water. Wait 10 minutes Add 4 ounces of Leisure Time Renew granular for every 250 gallons of water to create a bromine residual and shock-oxidize One thing that I noticed when I accidentally used the same measuring cup for both Reserve (liquid) and Renew (granular)... is that the mixture immediately reacts and turns a dark orange. I did some searching and elemental bromine is naturally this dark orange color. So it makes me think this color is due to high levels of bromine in the spa. However the test strip shows in the neighborhood of 5ppm We had a well water test when we bought the property and metals were very low I don't have the results handy to verify any numbers though.

Hi, new member and new hot tub owner. I purchased a home with a Vienna 60 hot tub (400 gallon) which was a couple of years old. After purchase I drained, scrubbed, and filled the system and started it up using the Leisure Time Reserve/Renew bromine system. In this system Reserve is a bromide salt and Renew is some kind of activator you add periodically. That is what the previous owners use and they left a bunch of chemicals behind so why not. Anyway, all went well and 3 months passed and the water was getting kind of funky with some brown scum. So I decide to clean it again. So I drained, scrubbed, filled, added the recommend bottle of Metal Gon, added the "Reserve" bromide salt but when adding the Renew bromine activator ... the water turned brownish orange ... think weak tea color. It is perfectly clear but tinted. What the heck? SO I thought I messed something up. Drained again repeated previous steps and same clear weak tea colored water result. All levels are right down the middle of the test strip Bromine = 3-5ppm, Alkalinity = 80, pH = 7.2 Calcium = 250. Filled each time with well water. FYI, our water is has no metal in it but a tiny bit on the hard side Am I missing something? Why is it doing this now and didn't during 1st start up? How do I fix it? Thanks for any help