yellow water

[metalmann]

hello
just started my hot tub for the first time. The dealer said alkalinity up first wait two hrs bright and clear wait two hrs and 4 tablespoons of spa 56 (leisure time chemicals hot springs tub) now the water is yellow and reading off the charts for chlorine (probably 15 or higher dark purple) is there a way to fix it without draining the tub?

[hottubdan]

The purple is "superchlorination."  It will come down by itself.  The yellow water is probably stuff being oxidized from the water.  It should filter out in a few days.  Check your filters.  You may need to rinse them.