First shock... I'm Shocked!

[KarlXII]

Yesterday evening I tried my first chlorine shock.
I used 3,5 tbs dichlor.
The water looked fine yesterday, but I thought it was time anyway to do it since we've been in every night for almost a week. I thought I did it by the book - but see what happened!

What could this be, and how do I fix it? My theory right now is that I've had iron in the water that's been oxidized by the shock, so that's rust making the water discolored. I've added some No Scale just in case. I guess that would have showed earlier this week if that was the case, but I can't think of anything else.

The alkalinity is slightly low- appx 80, pH is 7.2 and chlorine level this morning was 5 ppm. This was read off a test stick.

Any ideas?  

[SerjicalStrike]

It sounds and looks like you have minerals in the water.  The shock oxidizes the minerals out of solution and that is how you get the green color.  I have seen this cleared up with a water clarifier.  You put the clarifier in, turn on all the pumps, and wait for the bubbles to foam up.  Then take a scooper of some sort and remove the bubbles.  You may even see what looks like dirt on top of the bubbles.  Doing that for 10-20 minutes should clear things up.

[KarlXII]

It sounds and looks like you have minerals in the water.  The shock oxidizes the minerals out of solution and that is how you get the green color.  I have seen this cleared up with a water clarifier.  You put the clarifier in, turn on all the pumps, and wait for the bubbles to foam up.  Then take a scooper of some sort and remove the bubbles.  You may even see what looks like dirt on top of the bubbles.  Doing that for 10-20 minutes should clear things up.

What kind of water clearifier would that be?
Are you sure there will be bubbles?

[drewstar]

 


I'm curious if a Metal Gone product on initial fill up have  helped at all?

[KarlXII]

I'm curious if a Metal Gone product on initial fill up have  helped at all?

Well, I put the product in there, and it hasn´t reacted to normal dichlor usage.  The  No Scale product is, from what I've gathered, a similar product.

[hottubdan]

I'm wondering why the ozone didn't trun the water before the chlorine did.

[SerjicalStrike]

The specific water clarifier we use is called "Super Blue."  It is a real thick liquid that sticks particles together and brings them to the surface so they can be skimmed off.  
Also, the silver and white spas really show off the green water a lot more than other colors.

[KarlXII]

Now I've added some Clear & Bright plus more No Scale and run the clean-program several times.
It still looks like...not good.  
And now there´s a nice brown rim in there too.


You've got a point there, Hottubdan. But perhaps the ozone is more of a bacteria killer than an oxidizer.

SerjicalStrike: I cannot get my hands on that product over here....

[KarlXII]

No one really knows what this is, huh?
Not even here.

Jeez. What have I got myself into?  :-/

[East_TX_Spa]

Now don't fret, it's simply a water care issue and not a spa related problem.  Water care problems can be resolved fairly simply.

I wish I could offer more than just moral support, but we have really good water here and I've never seen water do like yours has done.  Hopefully some of the water care experts on here will figure it out.  

Terminator

[East_TX_Spa]

Maybe try putting some pH increaser in there and see what happens.

Terminator

[KarlXII]

Maybe try putting some pH increaser in there and see what happens.

Terminator

Thanks Term, for the moral support. Yes, I'll do that. I need to get that alkalinity up a bit.

[hottub.pool_boy]

On your initial fills, use 1/4 cup of stain and scale control. Add nothing for 24 hrs., then balance and shock. Then add 2-4 capfuls weekly to keep up the residual.
That will solve it. We have many people with your same well conditions. It's not a try this.......THIS WORKS!

[shabba34]

Yesterday evening I tried my first chlorine shock.
I used 3,5 tbs dichlor.
The water looked fine yesterday, but I thought it was time anyway to do it since we've been in every night for almost a week. I thought I did it by the book - but see what happened!

What could this be, and how do I fix it? My theory right now is that I've had iron in the water that's been oxidized by the shock, so that's rust making the water discolored. I've added some No Scale just in case. I guess that would have showed earlier this week if that was the case, but I can't think of anything else.

The alkalinity is slightly low- appx 80, pH is 7.2 and chlorine level this morning was 5 ppm. This was read off a test stick.

Any ideas?  

How did you get yourself to levitate so high for that overhead picture David Blaine.

[KarlXII]

How did you get yourself to levitate so high for that overhead picture David Blaine.

That was no problem whatsoever when I saw the color of that water.