What is the weekly order to clean tub

[mkotubs]

I've had my tub now 3 weeks and things are going fine.   Once a week I shock the tub with MPS shock and rinse my filters, in that order.   The question I have is should I be rinsing my filters before or after shocking?   So far everytime i've shocked my filters are nice and white.  The only thing I see happen with the rinse, is some hair and small  leafs.

The tub is a HS, with Tri-X filters.


does anyone have a problems with falling leafs landing in the tub?  i try to scoop them up quickly, but some break into tiny little pieces.

[anne]

I have huge oak trees in my back yard right over the tub, and this time of year I am cleaning up 3-6 garbage cans full of leaves every week. Some always fall in the tub when I have the cover off, and I scoop them out, but a few always end up in the filter basket. Not a big deal. PITA, but not a big deal.

[wesj53]

I also Anne. In fact, 5 mature white oaks, all about 80-100' tall. Talk about leaves!?! When we first moved here in 1989, I bagged them. Well after 30 - 55 gall size recycling type bags the first year,  every year since, I mulch them first with my lawn mower and then bag the remnants. I still produce 6-7 bag fulls in the fall, but a lot better than raking and raking and raking. They're falling as we speak with about 1/2 down. And acorns! This variety is supposed to produce every other year, but we have had about 3-4 55 gallon garbage containers the last 3 years straight. This year - finally NONE. Thank God! When they start falling in late Sept, we're going to have to wear helmets while soaking! Tundra coming tomorrow!

[hottub.pool_boy]

It's good to regularly peek into the filter compartment for leaves. One or two leaves create a big sanitizer demand.