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You don't need to put the mineral stick in the filter. Just put it in the filter compartment area. Fyi, they have oem mineral sticks that fit. They just introduced them at the industry trade show and should be available to order soon.
You should refer to the HotSpring manual I linked above. It will explain in great detail everything you need to know about maintaining your water chemistry.You can shock with the product you purchased. You will need to utilize twice the amount compared with shocking with Dichlor.As you now know, the filter cartridge basket was specifically designed not to accommodate the Nature2 standard cartridge. As mentioned earlier, there will be available one tailored to their cartridge design.
Quote from: Sorrentino100 on November 04, 2017, 11:12:11 pmYou should refer to the HotSpring manual I linked above. It will explain in great detail everything you need to know about maintaining your water chemistry.You can shock with the product you purchased. You will need to utilize twice the amount compared with shocking with Dichlor.As you now know, the filter cartridge basket was specifically designed not to accommodate the Nature2 standard cartridge. As mentioned earlier, there will be available one tailored to their cartridge design.Read through it...good info but still doesn't solve my question.It states use either DiChlor OR MPS. Seems that if I only use MPS then I have no sanitizer??But what about with the Frog stick? What is that really doing?I don't want to sit in a chemical bath if I dont have to.I know everyone has opinions on what to do but there should at least be guidelines.....
Which Spa Frog: The stand-alone mineral stick that works ala Nature 2? Or is it the in-line *or* floating Spa Frog that is Blue and Yellow? This will be better, more pleasant that a biguianide system like Baqua Spa. I can walk you through either- MPS (Spa Shock or Potassium Peroxymonopersulfate) is an oxidizer: Clears away the clutter. The mineral stick is approx. 1% silver- A great, safe, product that will help keep the water clean when nobody is in the tub. What comes off your body is generally knocked out by the MPS- And that is very soft on your skin and doesn't have an odor. Then you have the Di-Chlor: You shouldn't have to use more than an ounce or so per week. You are required to have an EPA-registered sanitizer (Bromine, Chlorine, or Biguianide) that can kill and sanitize algae, bacteria, etc. In all- You're always going to have a chemical in your spa. But Nature 2/Spa Frog is possibly the most popular type of sanitization system on the market. I am pretty confident you'll prefer this once you get used to it.