1. Some hot tub jets shut off after about 30 minutes of pushing the last button. They may need to be restarted a few times to do a total of 1-2 hours of cycling water.

2. Warning when adding water it might become unstable for a little and may need extra attention to make sure everything is balanced as needed. ALSO some houses/wells have metals (often iron). Therefore additional Metal Gon will often be needed when adding water.

3. The purpose of running the jets is twofold:

• • circulate the chemicals into the water and
  • bring all water impurities to the surface before the changeover time ends. 1-2 hours is arbitrary. Sometimes more is needed and sometimes less. Please use your own judgment.

Note: Filtering is the backbone of keeping the water clean and looking great. Chemicals need circulation to work. 

4. When filters are dirty they need to be immediately put into filter clean water and allowed to soak for 24 hours and then sprayed down with a pressured water hose. They should always be kept on hand and all filters that are not being used be put on the shelf clean and not dirty. 

5. Whenever adding chemicals (especially pH and Sanitizer) the water must be circulated before retesting. 

6. This will need to be done almost every time but on occasion it may not need it. To find out it is as simple as testing and checking to see what is needed. However there should always be 2 bromine tablets total in the basket in the tub UNLESS the chlorine tests are extremely high. Otherwise 2 bromine tabs must be in the basket at all times. 

The shock is what is more dependent on the testing. The reason is that bromine tabs are slow release while shock is more immediate. 

7. Also when testing that free chlorine and total chlorine are different. To be effective in sanitizing free chlorine needs to be in the water. For more on total chlorine vs free chlorine → https://www.swimuniversity.com/total-free-chlorine-difference/

8. This will be worded differently for each hot tub but the idea is 2 cycles of 4-6 hours of filtering per day for a total of 8-15 hours a day. Please refer to the operators manual for specific instructions.

Sometimes when adding water or chemicals (especially oxidizing shock or metal magic), the water will become unstable and foamy. Plus you will see a lot of impurities come to the surface. The natural response is to react. Please don’t! 

It’s just a temp thing. All you need to do is make sure the chemicals are balanced and let the filtering do the work. It just takes time to including–the right chemicals, some filtering, and scooping some of the dirt/scum off the top. 

When you see scum and foaminess give it some time and scoop out the dirty foaminess and debris off the top with a pool skimmer. Make sure to keep the jets running to bring it all to the top. 

9. Once the water has stabilized, the scum coming to the surface subsided and everything else completed, then add a little Foam Down. There is no point in adding Foam Down in the beginning as it will just be a waste.   

10. Lid needs to be closed, strapped, and flaps pulled out over the top of the tub. Sometimes when closing the lid the flaps get caught between the lid and the top of the hot tub. They just need to be pulled down over the top of the tub instead.

PLEASE NOTE: Hot tub supplies are expensive. Please do not waste them or use them without reading the recommended usage labels on the products.