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Ok, I tried to get my answer by reading previous threads but I just want to be sure.I just got a Hot Spot Tub (Hot Spring Economy line) and I love it. I love the lounger and well, I just love everything about it except the chemical part.My dealer set it up for me, filled it and put in a floating thingy since we are only up at our cabin every two weeks. They gave us chlorine disks...I KNOW. I verified it was ok with them and they said they were slow release chlorine and that I would be fine. My manual and this board says I won't be, but I don't know how else to keep the tub sanitized while we are gone for 14 days at a time.I have test strips and my free chlorine was fine, it was my alk, calcium and PH. My alk was low and my PH was high, and my calcium is off the charts. Apparently we have hard water. So I read the manual and it said to adjust the Alk first, then the calcium, then the PH. I can't seem to get my Alk up enough and my PH is all wonky, it will be way high one day and ok the next, then borderline low then high again. As for calcium, my kit included some cleaner that is supposed to combat deposits. So, I guess my questions are:1. Floater, we aren't going to switch the water out now but do you all suggest a bromine floater when we do? I haven't seen any damage to the tub from the floater as of now. 2. Alk, do I just keep on putting alk up until it actually ups...because that is a lot of chems.3. Calcium hardness, do I just use that cleaner stuff to combat the hard water?4. PH, how do you deal with wonky PH?I have never seen a post where people's ALK is way low and their PH was way high, and then they can't get the alk to go up. Sorry if there was one and I missed it.For those looking for a reasonably priced, no bells/whistles tub....check out Hot Spot. I really love it.
The largest Hot Spot holds 360 gallons.Which model do you have?