We hope this helps you with your hot tub alkalinity and ph! And if you want additional support, be sure to check out our Hot Tub Maintenance Video course: www.swimuniversity.com/spa
Excellent video. I liked the whole thing, but some important take-aways for me were about not mixing chemicals -- waiting 15 minutes before adding the next chemical, and the name 'sodium bisulfate' for the pH decreaser. I do struggle with high alkalinity. It causes scale on the surface of my tub. Now, I have some more info to help me. Thanks!
It was the darned thing, so my PH was high as in bright red so it needs to come down if I just add the tinniest amount of PH decreaser the PH falls into the yellow. So then I add two tablespoons of baking soda in my 250 gal jacuzzi which draws it back into 7.6 / pink. I'm wondering if this now normal because anytime I add Spa Down the bottom falls out causing the PH to drop into yellow. Any ideas?
Thanks Matt -- I purchased your course but I don't know how to ask you a question. Which do you recommend a) Hot Spring Spas Freshwater Ag+ Continuous Silver Ion Sanitizer or b) Nature 2 mineral sanitizer.
We got a hot tub 2 months ago and I really regret it. We have spent so much money on chemicals and we can never eat it right. Now it's at 25 level for alki. And no bromine found yet we keep adding brome and have the floating pucks. What am I missing
Help, my TA is low but pH is high!! I really struggle raising TA whilst keeping pH down. I am constantly increasing TA which then increases pH. Decreasing pH then decreases equally! After each refill it takes me approx a month of battling this until I get TA and pH in harmony. I am very strict and follow all your advice. I even use an electronic photometer. Any tips you can offer? And let me finish by telling you how amazing your videos are, absolutely stunning both to the eyes and ears and so so useful to hot tub life.
Hi there! This is a totally common battle. Sometimes it has to do with the order you're adding chemicals, the types of chemicals you're using, or the amount that your levels are off (is your TA within range at all and just on the lower end?). If pH is normal, but TA is low, add Alkalinity Increaser to raise TA. Normal pH should not be affected. But make sure it's not a 2-in-1 product that's designed to raise both TA and pH together. We have a more in-depth video here that may also help: ua-cam.com/video/Gy2evGpDyzs/v-deo.html
@@SwimUniversity I have this same constant battle. All instructions say baking soda should mostly only raise alkalinity and shouldn't increase the PH by much at all, but my experience over 2 years is that baking soda most certainly DOES increase both my PH and alkalinity. Is there a certain brand of baking soda that works better than others to only effect the alkalinity with minor effects to the PH?
@@CindyColbert you should use PH down/decreased (sodium bisulfate) instead of baking soda (sodium bicorbonate). Baking soda will most definitely increase both
Well water very hard what is best to keep levels where they should be We are newbies to our saluspa 314 gallons of well water any And and all help appreciated Denise
Same. I have put so much pH decreaser and it doesn’t do a thing. Stays high. I thought maybe test strips are bad. Bought new….same result. I just can’t get this chemistry right no matter what I try.
We hope this helps you with your hot tub alkalinity and ph! And if you want additional support, be sure to check out our Hot Tub Maintenance Video course: www.swimuniversity.com/spa
Excellent video. I liked the whole thing, but some important take-aways for me were about not mixing chemicals -- waiting 15 minutes before adding the next chemical, and the name 'sodium bisulfate' for the pH decreaser. I do struggle with high alkalinity. It causes scale on the surface of my tub. Now, I have some more info to help me. Thanks!
It was the darned thing, so my PH was high as in bright red so it needs to come down if I just add the tinniest amount of PH decreaser the PH falls into the yellow. So then I add two tablespoons of baking soda in my 250 gal jacuzzi which draws it back into 7.6 / pink. I'm wondering if this now normal because anytime I add Spa Down the bottom falls out causing the PH to drop into yellow. Any ideas?
I’m convinced that it’s my well water wrecking havoc on my test results.
It definitely is. My well water is very high in alkalinity. I have to crash the PH then bring it back up.
Thanks Matt -- I purchased your course but I don't know how to ask you a question. Which do you recommend a) Hot Spring Spas Freshwater Ag+ Continuous Silver Ion Sanitizer or b) Nature 2 mineral sanitizer.
We got a hot tub 2 months ago and I really regret it. We have spent so much money on chemicals and we can never eat it right. Now it's at 25 level for alki. And no bromine found yet we keep adding brome and have the floating pucks. What am I missing
Help, my TA is low but pH is high!! I really struggle raising TA whilst keeping pH down. I am constantly increasing TA which then increases pH. Decreasing pH then decreases equally! After each refill it takes me approx a month of battling this until I get TA and pH in harmony. I am very strict and follow all your advice. I even use an electronic photometer. Any tips you can offer? And let me finish by telling you how amazing your videos are, absolutely stunning both to the eyes and ears and so so useful to hot tub life.
Hi there! This is a totally common battle. Sometimes it has to do with the order you're adding chemicals, the types of chemicals you're using, or the amount that your levels are off (is your TA within range at all and just on the lower end?). If pH is normal, but TA is low, add Alkalinity Increaser to raise TA. Normal pH should not be affected. But make sure it's not a 2-in-1 product that's designed to raise both TA and pH together. We have a more in-depth video here that may also help: ua-cam.com/video/Gy2evGpDyzs/v-deo.html
@@SwimUniversity I have this same constant battle. All instructions say baking soda should mostly only raise alkalinity and shouldn't increase the PH by much at all, but my experience over 2 years is that baking soda most certainly DOES increase both my PH and alkalinity. Is there a certain brand of baking soda that works better than others to only effect the alkalinity with minor effects to the PH?
@@CindyColbert you should use PH down/decreased (sodium bisulfate) instead of baking soda (sodium bicorbonate). Baking soda will most definitely increase both
Well water very hard what is best to keep levels where they should be
We are newbies to our saluspa 314 gallons of well water any
And and all help appreciated
Denise
Awesome videos thank you
My ph is low already
Baking soda
I hate chemistry 😢. Just filled up my new spa tub and tested the water. Alkalinity is 8.4, highest on the colour thingy, now what?
Same. I have put so much pH decreaser and it doesn’t do a thing. Stays high. I thought maybe test strips are bad. Bought new….same result. I just can’t get this chemistry right no matter what I try.
Ph level is normal but alkalinity is high free chlorine is low.