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We’re first time hot tub owners and just got our hot tub this week. It came with an inline @ease spa frog system. After a few days our water has a green tint to it. The water levels are still balanced. Any advice on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated!
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I have committed to the Bullfrog A8. I have a inconsitent work schedule, travel a lot, and do not want to complicate my life any more than I have too. What is the best method/after market systems to keep the tub clean and healthy? Spa frog, salt system, something else?
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Hello, we've had our new caldera salina spa for about 3 weeks now, with the in line spa frog bromine system. We cannot keep a good level of bromine in the water, no matter what we do! the highest we've seen it was at 2ppm and that was after shocking with an oxidizing shock treatment. Stayed up for a day and went back down to zero... Non chlorine shock doesn't seem to help at all, but we use it after every use. I don't use the chlorine shock as often, as I heard it is harsher on the tub and shouldn't be used on a regular basis. Would you say it's a biofilm problem from the wet testing done at the manufacture? We're planning on flushing and draining if it doesn't get better...I contacted Caldera who told me it was unlikely, but that we could super-chlorine the spa...haven't looked into that yet Also, i find it very hard to get good results from the test strips. we got the AquaCheck digital thing, but the results are always very different than the ones at Leslie's pool supplies...I tend to trust them more than the machine. Should I? Thanks!!
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Hi everyone! We've had our new caldera Salina tub for a couple days now and have yet to use it! Im completely overwhelmed and keep getting contradicting information ! The spa came with the in-line spa frog chlorine system, but we decided to buy a bromine capsule instead of the chlorine one. We installed it yesterday following the instructions, and after putting a start-up shock treatment. 24 hours later, there was still 0 bromine in the water...took a sample to a pool supplies shop which confirmed our result. They recommended that we shock again, which we did , but still no level of bromine can be detected. This afternoon, I noticed a brown ring around the waterline and there seem to be a film on top of the water. Again, we haven't use the spa at all yet, I want to have the water balanced before we do. Any idea? I honestly don't know what to do
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Hi everyone! We've had our new caldera Salina tub for a couple days now and have yet to use it! Im completely overwhelmed and keep getting contradicting information ! The spa came with the in-line spa frog chlorine system, but we decided to buy a bromine capsule instead of the chlorine one. We installed it yesterday following the instructions, and after putting a start-up shock treatment. 24 hours later, there was still 0 bromine in the water...took a sample to a pool supplies shop which confirmed our result. They recommended that we shock again, which we did , but still no level of bromine can be detected. This afternoon, I noticed a brown ring around the waterline and there seem to be a film on top of the water. Again, we haven't use the spa at all yet, I want to have the water balanced before we do. Any idea? I honestly don't know what to do
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420G Spa. Spa Frog System. Struggling With Water Chemistry
Guest posted a topic in Hot Tub Water Chemistry
The day before Thanksgiving our new 420 Gallon spa arrived. We are quite excited, but I am struggling with getting the water right. It does have an ozonator (but how the hell do you tell if it's working?!?!?). I am using the Spa Frog floater system (bromine). Startup/Fill: Filled tub from the hose Heated the tub overnight Put in the Spa Frog "jump start" capsules I opened the Spa Frog mineral and bromines to 6 and floated them in the tub After the fill I couldn't get my alkanlinity over about 60 without PH spiking to 7.8 or higher. CH was low so I added the stuff the spa store gave me to bump it up to 160-170 consistently. PH has been staying 7.4-7.6. Here's where I am struggling: FOAM! We have a good amount of foam that I can't seem to knockdown What do add - how much of the MPS "shock" do I add, and when? The container (Amerse) says 2 ounces per 300 gallons weekly or after every use. I have a friend with the same tub that never adds it and his water is fine - mine has been a little cloudy. I used the tub on Monday of this week and then added a half-dose of the MPS. I was out of town until yesterday and when I got home my water was cloudy, there was a residue at the waterline and it smelled like chemicals. Immediately tested and PH was a little low and bromine was .1. I shocked with MPS and bromine spiked to 9.1 before we had to head out to dinner reservations (i am sure it went over 10ppm) What do I use: ColorQ Test Kit Amerse chemicals Spa Frog Am I just not adding enough MPS after each use? My wife and I probably spend 4 nights a week in the tub, 30 minutes at a go. So that's 4 hours of use weekly. Do I really need to add 3 ounces of MPS after each use, or once I get this damn thing stabilized can I do weekly treatments? I thought the Spa Frog was supposed to make life easier... THANKS!