Hi guys, I’m a tween/pre-teen and I woke up this morning to find small red spots on my shoulders, my back and above my boobs. Is this normal or weird? Why? What are they? I haven’t ate anything and I have been kept in my house, not allergic to anything…I have Epistaxis, a problem in my nose and Pharyngitus, a problem in my throat, but that wouldn’t affect it, would it? Yesterday I went in my Aunt’s inflatable hot tub for a good while, but I don’t think that could have anything to do with it, would it? Thanks in advance!!!
I’ll see about bed bugs – will check my bed now. And about the chlorine, I don’t think it is because it’s never happened before when I’ve been swimming D:
I do not think they’re pimples, because pimples don’t itch? (Do they?) and lol, bacne, I remember that advert from Another Cinderella Story ”You give yo man a heart attack, cuz you got acne on yo back! B-B-BABY GOT BACNE!"
O_O WHY HAVE THEY SUDDENLY STARTED ITCHING.
Discovered I now have them on my lower back and bum. They really itch everywhere. They are not chicken pox, I have already had them.
It’s chicken pox.

When I do the self test on my pool water, the ph level is crucialy low but my chlorine is very high. I have added soda ash a few times this week and still my ph level does not budge, and my chlorine level stays high. The water is clear as anything and there is no algae build up anywhere. There is a slippery feel to the water, i know that sounds silly.The water burns the eyes and has a chemically tast to it as well. I don’t know what to do anymore. I am taking a sample of it to a local pool/spa place to get tested. But if anyone has any sugesstions or has had the same problem before I would appreciate any suggestions on what to do? Thank you.

I have a newly replastered inground pool that is now about 3 weeks old. The new plaster is just regular plaster with no color or agregate.

The pool is a salt water pool and is about 18,000 gallons. I live in central texas.

Every day I am checking the chemistry, and the chlorine is spot on (1 to 2ppm), the Alkalinity is 100, the salt level is 2800 or 2900 ppm.

However, the Ph is constantly high 7.8 upto 8.2 which requires 2 to 4 cups of Muriatic Acid to bring down to 7.5.

So thats 2 to 4 cups of Acid EVERYDAY! or just over a Gallon a Week!

What am I doing wrong?

The pool runs for about 8hrs a day, has a raised spa that water trickles over, and has a beach area.

Please help!!
Oh… it also has a DE Filter…

Thanks for the responses so far. This Spa is a Master Spa with the Eco Pure filter system and they told me to use Chlorine and not to use bromine. I just see the small bottles of spa chlorine as very expensive compared to the large 25 lb packages for pools.

i have a swimming poo and a spa. i drained the spa to acid wash it but instead of filling it back up i filled it up with the water from the pool forgetting that the pool water has salt because i have an aq-rite salt generator in the pool and i treat the water on the spa with chlorine tabs. Could there be a problem if i have water with salt in the spa and my actual chlorinator uses chlorine tabs????

I bought a used hot tub from my neighbor and filled it up last week. She said it had an automatic bromine dispenser called a "frog" that would bring the chemical mix up to normal in a few days.

It’s 5 days later and tests as having very, very minimal bromine. I’d like to use it, so I put in a half a cup (per the directions) of non-chlorine shock. Specifically, it is potassium peroxymonosulfate.

Supposedly, I can use the spa within 15 minutes after adding it, but that’s for safety’s sake. What I want to know is, am I risking getting some kind of infection by taking a hot soak in this thing if I got in it tonight? Or, should I just go ahead and put in a full ‘recipe’ of bromine chemical mix so that I can use it tomorrow? I can do that regardless of course, but I’d like to take a soak tonight if possible. It’s a beautiful evening, I have the time, and it’s been a long week.

Anybody have any ideas on this? I’ve swam and fished some nasty rivers, but still…
Well, never mind. It’s been half an hour, so I used a test strip. I guess there was PLENTY of bromine because whereas before it tested as none, now it’s a square past optimal on the test strip. The other readings are fine too. Guess I’ll have myself a nice hot soak on a cool spring night. Thanks if anyone answers.

Is it true that you can’t get pregnant or get any STD’s if you have sex in the water, or spa?

My friend and I were debating over it. He said because of the chlorine and other chemicals, it’s not possible. (Typical guy thing, right?) I said he was full of crap, and it too make sure, i would like to ask the public.

So can you not?

How much chlorine (swimming pool. spa) to one gallone of water must I mix to get a .009% chlorine to water mixture. How many teaspoons? How many tablespoons?

I am switching from a bromine system. I added the chlorine-based shock as directed by the spa retailer on instillation of the new Nature2 Spa stick. However, my wife also mistakenly put 4 tbsp of the bromine shock into the tub…do I need to wait for things to balance out, empty the tub and start again, or adjust any mineral/pH levels to bring things back into order. My test strips read high on the cholrinde levels, low on the bromine levels?

Little bit more information, when I breath out of my nose, it smells like when you have swam all day and your skin stinks like chlorine, except I haven’t been swimming or in the spa.
So as the title says, I inhaled a little bit of chlorine when putting it in my spa. It was windy out and I wasn’t paying attention. My throat or lungs don’t hurt but I can smell it through my nose. I stuck my head under the fact and let the water run through my nose. Anything else?

I read that it can be deadly but my lungs aren’t burning or anything. Suggestions?