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chemicals vs natural enzymes
fabio:
Hi Everyone,
Received my first hot tub 2 days ago and super excited (beachcomber 360). This weekend I'm going to be getting it all up and running and I'm hearing different stories with regards to water quality. I was given a starter chlorine chemical kit from the dealer but a few hot tub owners are telling me to use natural enzymes for health reasons. My questions are: Are natural enzymes as effective vs chlorine/bromine? Are they more/less/similar maintenance? Are they more costly? And if I start with chlorine and want to switch to a natural product would I need to drain and refill or just switch products with the water? Also if you want to add your comment of which you use and why that would be helpful.
Also my starter kit came with some additives to help with the hardware of the pipes and motors to help from corroding and wearing down. Are these a good idea to be putting in? Your thoughts on this is also appreciated.
Thank you,
Fabio
Sam:
I don't know of a single enzymatic treatment system that doesn't still require some amount of chlorine. There really aren't any systems that seem to universally work without some amount of chlorine, bromine, or baquacil. Occasionally you'll run into to people who claim success without any of those 3 but I have yet to see one work myself.
fabio:
Thank you for the reply Sam. Was in a meeting yesterday and was talking to a coworker beside me who was going on and on about how chlorine will be the death of us all and that he has a natural enzyme product (which he couldn't get the name for me) that he uses. He says he throws a bunch in after each use and never checks his levels and every time he opens the cover.....BAM.....crystal clear water.
Sounded too good to be true so wanted to get experienced owners opinions.
bradleyabell:
--- Quote from: fabio on August 10, 2018, 02:10:36 pm ---Thank you for the reply Sam. Was in a meeting yesterday and was talking to a coworker beside me who was going on and on about how chlorine will be the death of us all and that he has a natural enzyme product (which he couldn't get the name for me) that he uses. He says he throws a bunch in after each use and never checks his levels and every time he opens the cover.....BAM.....crystal clear water.
Sounded too good to be true so wanted to get experienced owners opinions.
--- End quote ---
Would definitely always keep a little chlorine or bromine in the water. I use the spa frog filter stick plus try to keep a 2-4 PPM with bromine. Very low level of chemical but enough to make sure bacteria and germs aren't spreading in your tubs plumbing lines.
fabio:
so its all good to use both??
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