Mommabear

Hey. Thanks for responding. The water is clear green. The shell is white. I'm unsure what MPS is, but I was told to use Spa Guard shock after every use and Spa Guard Enhanced Shock (which smells alot like chlorine) once a week. I clean the filter weekly. I remove it and rinse it, pleat by pleat, in the sink and place it back in the tub. I am so new at this and just want to get the balance correct and have blue water all the time. I don't want to life the cover and wonder if I'm gonna see clear green tint or clear blue tint 🙄

In January, I purchased a Hot Spring spa. It uses silver ion (or something like that). It's not a FROG system. There's no chlorine. I'm struggling reading the test strips. I think they read ok but then my water has a green tint to it. I've taken my water in and every time I have to add stuff to it (ph increaser or ph decreaser, alkalinity stuff, enhanced shock). It fixes it for a few days then I'm back to that unappealing green tint. I clean my filter weekly and I'm supposed to out a new silver ion tube in at four months. I'm so very new to all of this and sucked at chemistry in school. Is there a trick to getting the water blue on a consistent basis? Is there an easier (dummy-friendly) way to test the water and know exactly what to add? I spent so much money in this hot tub and want to make sure I'm doing the care correctly. Please help!