Posts tagged “chlorine”
swimming pool salt water with chlorine water?
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 [...]
Will non-chlorinated "shock" kill germs in a hot tub if the bromine was minimal to start with?
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 [...]
Sex in the water/STD’s?
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 [...]
Chlorine to water mix.?
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 just refilled my hot tub and started using Nature2 Spa mineral sanitizer…?
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 [...]
Breathed in a little bit of chlorine when putting it in the spa…?
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 [...]
I put WAY to much chlorine in my spa, any ideas on how to fix this problem?
I’m not an idiot I know I can empty and refill it. That’s not an option, It’s inside my house. Neither is leaving the cover off, I have to live in this house and the fumes are STRONG. I accidently dropped the WHOLE can of granulated chlorine in and I’m at a loss as to [...]
I just tested my goldfish tank water…?
I’ve never tested the water before. Its a 20 gallon tank with one 4 inch oranda goldfish. It has a major algea problem and im trying to fix it. I don’t know whether this stuff is good or bad so please read and tell me whether the chemicals are right: (I used spa test strips…its [...]
Can you help with chemicals for hot tub?
Just got a hot tub. It’s used, a year old. The previous owners used bromine. We choose to use chlorine. filled it up 3 days ago. Got a few things at the spa place, not very helpful with what I needed to know I felt. Anyway, They sold me, chlorinating sanitizer, nature 2 cartridge and [...]
How to clean a Hot Springs Hot Tub?
Just bought a house that came with a hot tub – problem is, the seller didn’t clean the hot tub for about 3-6 months. It has been kept covered and the water smells of chlorine still though and no visible signs of algae or anything else. My question is…how should I go about cleaning it? [...]