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Seriously?? I'd like to hear more about a product that simple to use.
Okay, I just went out and checked on it, and for starters my bromine levels are ridiculously high. Usually I can barely get it to register on the strips, now I'm getting it to show the "high" color. With my Taylor kit, it took 17 drops to get the water to turn back to clear, which is 8.5 ppm (!!!) I turned my frog down to two, or should I leave it cranked up high while I battle this mold??? It burns my eyes to stand over it for too long (I've been using a pool skimmer to remove as many flakes as I can).The filter was loaded with flakes again. I rinsed it off and skimmed out the filter box.Man, I'm confused. The Ph and TA look pretty close to normal on the strips. I didn't test those levels with the Taylor kit. EDIT: Just tested with Taylor kit, got 8.0 on Ph and 100 on TA. So I added 2 oz ph down and 1 oz TA up.I'm now trying to get the tub to filter out the flakes itself. It seems if I run one of the pumps, the water gets drawn in thru the footwell, and all the flakes get kicked up around the tub. Then, if I hit the other pump, the water gets drawn in through the filter box and the filters trap the flakes. So, I'm alternating running the one pump for a minute, then the other for its entire cycle. Maybe I can get the tub to filter out the flakes itself. I feel like the "stuff" must be dead after that super chlorination treatment (I'd think that would kill freakin' everything!) and maybe the pumps are just purging the dead crap.As you can see, this is my first tub, and since I bought it used I didn't get any kind of instruction on how to run it. I've been using these forums to try to work it out on my own. Thank you all for your help so far.
Okay thanks, maybe I'm just being really optimistic but I swear it seems like it's actually starting to work. Although they're way easier to see at night, so I'm gonna go out there soon to spray off the filter and take a look. Wish me luck.PS is it safe to get in it tonight with the bromine up pretty high? Assuming the chips are mostly gone I'd love a soak.
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