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Foam originates from your body: Either oils/lotions/deodorants, etc or from your clothing. Buy one set of trunks and never wash them. Only use them for when you use the tub. The pH / Alk problem is likely from your source water: Bring two samples to your local dealer- one of the spa water and one of the source water. The source water will tell you how much reducer you need to add from the onset when the tub is filled and will show you what happens when you top the water off. The spa water will be able to be tested and shown how to fix your cloudy water problem. I suspect that after your pH and alk are corrected, an increase in bromine output along with a dose of MPS shock will be needed. Hope this helps. Good luck moving forward.
Thank you everyone for your help. I was able to take the water into the dealer and after following their suggestions, I was able to lower both the PH and alkalinity.One question I have is if my PH is perfect, but my ALK is still a little high, what should I do?Also - I put sodium bromide in the tub for a "bromine bank" and have the floating spa frog with mineral+bromine cartridges, but I am still getting a 0 reading on my spa test strips for bromine. The dealer said it can take up to a full week for the bromine to show up, but I just want to make sure that is correct and that I'm not in a "non sanitized" spa. Thanks!
Quote from: bradleyabell on September 27, 2017, 07:44:59 amThank you everyone for your help. I was able to take the water into the dealer and after following their suggestions, I was able to lower both the PH and alkalinity.One question I have is if my PH is perfect, but my ALK is still a little high, what should I do?Also - I put sodium bromide in the tub for a "bromine bank" and have the floating spa frog with mineral+bromine cartridges, but I am still getting a 0 reading on my spa test strips for bromine. The dealer said it can take up to a full week for the bromine to show up, but I just want to make sure that is correct and that I'm not in a "non sanitized" spa. Thanks!You have to continue to reduce to get your alk down. Then, you slowly raise your pH. The Frog system may need to be adjusted to a bigger number to allow for more of the product to be dispensed depending on total time of usage. Or you may have to up your shock amount.
Quote from: The Wizard of Spas on September 27, 2017, 11:18:16 amQuote from: bradleyabell on September 27, 2017, 07:44:59 amThank you everyone for your help. I was able to take the water into the dealer and after following their suggestions, I was able to lower both the PH and alkalinity.One question I have is if my PH is perfect, but my ALK is still a little high, what should I do?Also - I put sodium bromide in the tub for a "bromine bank" and have the floating spa frog with mineral+bromine cartridges, but I am still getting a 0 reading on my spa test strips for bromine. The dealer said it can take up to a full week for the bromine to show up, but I just want to make sure that is correct and that I'm not in a "non sanitized" spa. Thanks!You have to continue to reduce to get your alk down. Then, you slowly raise your pH. The Frog system may need to be adjusted to a bigger number to allow for more of the product to be dispensed depending on total time of usage. Or you may have to up your shock amount.I tested yesterday and the ALK was in a good range, along with the PH. If the PH drops too low, what do I use to raise the PH without raising the ALK? In regards to the FROG system, I have bromine set to 6 still, as it says to leave it all the way open until you reach 1PPM on your test strips. What would you recommend for shock? Also frequency? I've only shocked it once so far with MPS and a small dose of dichlor.