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bromine ; I've been robbed !
bachman:
Yes, seems like bromine will melt away entirely and I realize I was only thinking of the mineral package when I read the mention of 'leftovers'.
This link I include does nothing to 'verify' or prove anything to me but it does sound slightly prestigious as written and the claims are pretty universal by many references I've looked up on mineral condiitoning or fighting bacteria. I suppose one could assume the claims might be true and relevent to some extent, but 30% ? , 60 or 80 % ?
On the other hand, I haven't found anything tub related to be cost prohibitive thus far so I may just play the sucker and use it as designed with the in line products. Refreshing this subject at least clairified one thing I was seeing as slightly contradictory; bromine level recommendations of 1-3 or 2-6 ppm. I think 1-3 is probably what the mineral system claims is sufficient and thus the lower levels you might get by with according to their claims.
* Here below is Spa Frog telling us what the EPA allows them to say -
https://www.kingtechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/EPA_Registered_Language_FROG.pdf
bradleyabell:
I just use a common pool floater with 1" bromine tabs set to 3, a "Filter Frog" along with shocking with dichlor after each use. This has worked great for me and maintains a constant level of bromine in the tub.
bud16415:
--- Quote from: bradleyabell on January 23, 2019, 11:10:59 am ---I just use a common pool floater with 1" bromine tabs set to 3, a "Filter Frog" along with shocking with dichlor after each use. This has worked great for me and maintains a constant level of bromine in the tub.
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If you use your tub once a day and you add 1 tablespoon of dichlor to 300-400 gallons of water you are pretty much sanitizing with dichlor. No need for the floater at all IMO.
bradleyabell:
--- Quote from: bud16415 on January 23, 2019, 09:35:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: bradleyabell on January 23, 2019, 11:10:59 am ---I just use a common pool floater with 1" bromine tabs set to 3, a "Filter Frog" along with shocking with dichlor after each use. This has worked great for me and maintains a constant level of bromine in the tub.
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If you use your tub once a day and you add 1 tablespoon of dichlor to 300-400 gallons of water you are pretty much sanitizing with dichlor. No need for the floater at all IMO.
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Wouldn't that change my tub over (after a water change+clean) to chlorine based system? With the system I use now, the dichlor activates the bromine.
Also, we have not been using our tub everyday due to the extreme cold temps+wind in Michigan.
bud16415:
--- Quote from: bradleyabell on January 24, 2019, 07:38:56 am ---
--- Quote from: bud16415 on January 23, 2019, 09:35:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: bradleyabell on January 23, 2019, 11:10:59 am ---I just use a common pool floater with 1" bromine tabs set to 3, a "Filter Frog" along with shocking with dichlor after each use. This has worked great for me and maintains a constant level of bromine in the tub.
--- End quote ---
If you use your tub once a day and you add 1 tablespoon of dichlor to 300-400 gallons of water you are pretty much sanitizing with dichlor. No need for the floater at all IMO.
--- End quote ---
Wouldn't that change my tub over (after a water change+clean) to chlorine based system? With the system I use now, the dichlor activates the bromine.
Also, we have not been using our tub everyday due to the extreme cold temps+wind in Michigan.
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I guess it would be a chlorine tub once the bromine was out. My point was even if you skip some days the likelihood that almost all the sanitizer you are requiring is coming from the dichlor.
I just use dichlor and bleach method and often skip a day or two if the weather is really bad and we don’t get out there.
I’m sure the bromine in your case is adding some sanitizer also. There is nothing wrong with doing what you are doing that’s for sure.
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