We filled up our SA Euphoria on Wednesday eve, had our first soak on Thursday and have been in the spa every day. We love the spa and will post more details, pictures (as requested) and a review later.
We are having trouble balancing our water. The water that comes in from our tap is very hard. We know this from our swimming pool experience. We added 4 oz of shock once the water was up to temp (99 degrees is good for us and the kids) then loaded the spa frog at the settings recommended by Marquis. After the first two days, we increased the bromine setting from 2 to 3 and still did not show any bromine reading from our test kit, which is a Taylor K-2005. The pH reading has been off the chart since the first day we filled the spa. We have twice added 1-1 1/2 oz of Marquis pH & alkalinity down. At our dealer's rec, we today added 16 oz of Metal Gon from Leisure Time. As of a few hours ago, our latest test still showed no bromine and pH off the charts. After the latest test, we just upped the bromine setting to the max. My wife has kept our pool water in perfect balance for the 5 years we have had our pool and is trying to learn the ropes of the spa water. Any thoughts on what we need to do next and what we might have done wrong to this point?
Are any of the following products worth using/trying? If yes, which one is the best?
1. Rendezvous PH Magic
2. Leisure Time PH Balance
3. Leisure Time PH Balance Plus
Thank you for your input!