Is there anything on the market to replace chemicals on a new hot tub

Hi, according to this site How to Treat Your Hot Tub Best Hot Tub for 2014
First check th pH levels with the pH level checker.That is pretty straightforward and should be included in instructions with your pH checker (which may have come with your hot tub)

It's good to do a chlorine shock once you fill the hot tub with water.

So what will you need?
pH tester/pH tester strips
chlorine
And chemicals for balancing ph ... pH+ and pH- which you will surely find in a shop with pools.
Each of this should come with instructions.
Good luck!

Do you smell the chlorine on the puck itself or actually coming from the hot water? If you have to put your nose up to it it sounds like the puck isn't dissolving enough in the water (maybe they put too much binder in the manufacturing mix). You know you can use regular household bleach to put chlorine in there. Put a couple of cups in the tub and take a reading. That bleach is a lot cheaper than the powder or the pucks and works just as well

You have one of four possible issues in your hot tub.

1. Mold
2. Algae
3. Hard water
4. Calcium

The first thing you want to establish is if the problem is organic or non-organic, because the solution to the issue is different for both. If it is organic mold or algae then you need to drain clean and sanitize everything, tub, filter, hot tub cover etc.. and it may take more then one refilling depending on what it is. You could try and take a sample in a clear jar and put bleach in the jar. If the substance in the water disappears you know its organic.

If the issue is water hardness or calcium then you will need the corresponding chemicals to deal with these issue. We have a chemical called spa control that deals with water hardness. You may also want to use a a pre-filter when filling your hot tub to rid yourself of high content minerals in your water.

Hot Tubs Chemicals to Keep Your Hot Tub Clean

please read your owner manual. go and download from
www.retrevo.com or www.fitness.manualsonline.com

God bless you

Go to your pool supply place and prostrate yourself to the tech ... tell him or her that you dont know anything about your tub and that you need advice.

Here are things you should consider. Electrical ... your tub should be supplied by a 60 or so amp 220 GFI. No connections closer than 5 feet. Water, get rid of the metal in your water FIRST! Not a biggie in a glass pool but you may want to put i a little calcium to 250 ppm. Get the ALK to 100 and th pH to 7.4 then add the CL. You might want to use bromine ... it is more money and more delicate than CL. Your pool place may say you dont need any of this stuff ... they will try to sell you a product that they claim will set your pool up chemically for 6 months. Buy it ... and then monitor the water keeping an eye on the items I recommended above. If you use liquid chlorine (why would you when you probably have a automatic system that uses small tabs?) and your tub is out side exposed to the sun, consider a little cyanuric acid. Dry CL comes with 'conditioner'.

Good luck with your tub, and thanks for your interest in FixYa.com

There is probably a drain valve somewhere near the control panel ... forgetabout it ... too slow.

Best way is to get a small pump and pump it away. Next best is wet dry (shop vac). My favorite is siphon ... dont have to buy anything or drag anything out ... only a hose. By the time my water is out ... I have had time to do the necessary surface cleaning and waxing.

You caused it, MOST likely

Possibly, it came out of your well or out of your city water supply.

Don't be alarmed and don't be mad. I maintain a hot tub in a resort and in the summer we change the water weekly to get rid of this stuff. We have this trouble to a lesser extent in our other bodies of water at the resort.

What can you do? Go to the pool place and get some of the blue stuff. (comes under several names) The blue stuff works best when the chlorine is low. Put one ounce in a bucket of water to mix then put it into the tub - run the blower and the jets for 15 minutes wait 15 minutes and do it again. Let it run on maintenance speed all night. (never add water to chemical ... always add chemical to water)

What is happening is the blue stuff makes the disolved solids in your water (oil, etc) bind together and either float or sink depending on their specific density. This gunk will be mostly removed by the filter. Clean any you find from the tub (ring around the tub)

Treat your tub weekly (not weakly) with the blue stuff. And also, be very particular about your water balance; pH, Total Alkalinity, chlorine. Calcium is unconsequental in your case unless it is extremely high (above 800 ppm) I presume you know you should have about 7.4 pH, 3 - 10 ppm CL, 80-100 TA or 100-120 depending on whether you use liquid or dry CL.

And lastly, Take a good shower before you get into your tub and insist others who use your tub do the same. I presume swim suits might be optional in your spa (they are in my home spa) if not - make sure they are CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN - after a trip through the washer, rinse them again and let them dry.

This is what I call a 75 cent answer for a 50 cent question. I'm sorry if I overwhelmed you. If I missed your question, please re-ask

Above all else, enjoy your spa.

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there will be the same amount of basic maintenance on either spa. The difference will be in water chemistry. you definitely want an ozone generator on either spa. Both are awesome Mfg of spas. they both have been around since the 1980's
Ozone will keep the water cleaner, fresher smelling and reduce the total amount of traditional chemicals used in any hot tub.
There are many other solutions for taking care of water chemistry out there without using the traditional types.
some are all natural.