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I have read tons of old threads here, read the chem advice at Doc's site, including Vermonter's and Northman's advice. I'm still not really sure about a couple things:1) The general target level for chlorine is 2-3ppm after dosing, and I think Doc's FAQ on ozone says that target level can be 1ppm if using ozone. Is that pretty accurate? Obviously if my water gets cloudy, or if the level plummets to only 0.05 after a couple hours, I should try adding more, but is 0.1ppm an ok target for meauring chlorine, say, 30 min after adding? I have found no other reference to target chlorine levels if ozone is involved.
2) Is it OK to some weeks shock with chlorine, and other weeks to use MPS? I like the simplicity of using just one product for sanitation and oxidation, but there will probably be times that my shocking schedule will not be convenient with my tub use schedule, and I will be disinclined to stay out of the water! I'd like to keep some MPS around for those times.
3)Any opinions out there about brands of MPS? My start up kit is Leisure Time. I dont understand the difference between Renew and OZ. (Both are MPS, right?)
4) If it is ok to use MPS only occasionally (again, only when chlorine is inconvenient) do I care about buffered versus non?
5) I added Metal Gon as my Leisure time start up kit instructed with my current fill. Is this something I should assume is needed every fill? Or is there a way to know? I wont be cheap- I'm fine with using it if it is useful, but as I cannot tell if it is doing anything, I just want to make sure there is benefit.until something else confuses me........
thanks, guys. Er- clarification pelease?"I shoot for 2-3 PPM after my use and that drops to 1-.5PPM the next day but I don't have to add because the N2 and Ozone will maintain the waters cleanlieness as long as I reached 2-3 PPM after my soak."Tman- are you saying you only add chlorine every other day? Or is that just because you are not in the tub every day?"Maintaining 1ppm with ozone works, but with this system you are adding a clensing amount and then letting it drop." So what if I'm in the tub 2x/day- and after each use I get it up to 1ppm so that it'll be low again by later that same day.....is that OK? Or is 2-3ppm just the minimum level for a good kill-off of organisms? If that is the case, it might be too high for the second soak of the day, which I do a couple days per week.I just dont get it- if ozone is supposed to decrease chlorine use, why are my target levels the same as without ozone?
So who out there uses chlorine, but is in the tub twice a day? I promise I'm not that lazy- just sittin' in my tub all day......but there are some days that 20 min in the morning and then another 20 min at night would be ideal. If I dose in the morning to get it above 2ppm, I think it'll still be too high at night (only did it once- got iat about 3ppm, and that evening it was still 2ppm, and I sat in the water that evening anyway. Itchy. If I only get it to 1ppm, with the hope of a soak later in the same day, am I doing suboptimal sanitation? If I am using more that 1x/day, should i be using bromine instead? Dont really wanna.