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Hey Vinny, If you are truly done experimenting on your water( I doubt you are though, cause the itch will come back) I think all of us here owe you a very large THANK YOU! You have allowed yourself to be a guinea pig for the sake of a bunch of less experienced people and your information has always proved to be valuable. Once again thank you
OK, OK ... I'm done for now!
OZONE. Ozone kills bacteria, so if your tub has a ozonator and produces some ozone it should be killing some of the bacteria, thus to maintain the proper level of chemicals you should not have to use as many chemicals as you would have to use without the ozonator. Some companies also claim you can maintain a lower level of chemicals and save even more, but there are a lot of folks out there that do not agree that this is a good idea.My tub has a 24 hour circulation pump and the ozonator runs all the time. I use bromine tablets in a floater and have it set to maintain 3 ppm, it doesn't take much about 3 marks on my floater. I don't have to do anything else except a weekly non-clorine shock. I have been testing 2-3 times per week and everything is staying good and the water is clear. I use bromine only because it seems easier to me to just use the floater than to put stuff in after each use. My sister uses clorine in hers and likes it because it is a little cheaper. When I fill my tub I have to use other chemicals to get everything balanced, but once balanced everything stays good for me. When I fill I add the sodium bromide base, the metal gone, adjust my ph, and adjust my calcium (I have to use calcium up) After this setup, I have not had to do anything else to maintain my levels except for keeping my bromine floater full of tablets and do my weekly shock. I have heard from others that with the clorine they have had to keep adjusting the ph, and some of the other levels, have others had that experience. Maybe it is just my water that stays constant.Next water change I may try the clorine to see if I like it better, but I have not been disapointed with the bromine, it seems to be easy and keeps the water clean. I understand you can not change from bromine to clorine without a water change, but that you can change from clorine to bromine without a water change, has anyone tried that?