Hot Tub Forum
Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: nicker on June 26, 2006, 03:02:24 pm
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my tub has been foaming for the last few days. This is not the fluffy foam. It just sits on the water. The water sounds fizzy. I am very puzzled by this. Water is less then 1 month old. Hardness 250, PH bang on 7.2, ALk was low but not bad 70. The clorine is good, but the Combined was high. I did shock it good on Saturday but still white fizzy foam. I have never had this before.
Any ideas ?
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Hey nicker,
sorry I can't be of much help. I usally see that when it's time to change out the water. Not after a month. I am led to belive the selzter effect is indication of high TDS.
Is taking a sample into your dealer for an analisis a viable option?
How is the water's clarity? Do you use a clarifier at all?
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I've had my tub for less than a month but I can tell you that after a couple weeks I started to see some foam. Not a whole lot but when all the jets were on high it was getting up there. My water tests were all within normal ranges.
In addition, I wasn't able to quite make a week before I had to shock (I have a CD ozinator and use MPS daily; shock once a week with dichlor). Anyway, I upped my filter times from 30 min 4 X a day to 60 min 4 X a day. What a difference it made in both the foam and water clarity. I may have upped it too much but am on vacation next week so when I get back may experiment with different times.
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You'll want to change the water near the end of the first month of ownership. Ok, perhaps you won't WANT to, but it is a very good idea. At that point you may even be able to set the filtration back a bit. After you see how much this one-time water change helps, you'll be glad you did it.
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As per most of the time, I agree with Chas. Change your water, you will love it.
Bill
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Let me see if I remember this correctly....
"Changing the water is the cheapest way to cure your water problems"
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Something that wasn't addressed is the water itself.
I always get fizzy foam after about a week after new water is put in. About 1 miute after the jets are off, it clears up.
I believe that it's the makeup of the source water and the chemistry of the tub. I think all water reacts differently even though it's base chemical composition is H2O. I have my chlorine stay in the tub for sometimes days based on testing with a Taylor kit - why it does it I don't have a clue but when I first got the tub I would have almost no chlorine in 24 hours ... nothing really has changed except usage (use it less now than a year ago).
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ok some may be confused. This is not my first fill. The tub is not new been using it for almost 2 years.
Water was just changed 1 month ago. I think I have found the culprete. I tested the water again the other day and all checked out but the combined chlorine was high. For what ever reason the shock didn't take or wasn't enough. So I will get that down and see what happens.
thanks