012–3 times a week
Test
Dip a strip, wait, read. Thirty seconds tells you whether the water needs anything at all — most weeks it needs very little.
UseAquaChek Spa 6-in-1 Test Strips · AquaChek Bromine Test Strips.
02When the strip says so
Balance
Alkalinity first, then pH, then calcium. Balanced water lets the sanitizer work, protects the heater, and feels soft on skin.
UseSpaBoss Alkalinity Rise 750 gm · SpaBoss pH Reducer 1kg · SpaBoss pH Booster 750 g
03Continuously
Sanitize
Bromine tablets in a floater, or chlorine granules after each use. Either works — see Bromine or Chlorine below to choose.
UseSpaBoss Bromine Tablets 1.5 kg · Spa-Tabs· SpaBoss granular chlorine (Chlor-Aid)
04Weekly and after heavy use
Shock
An oxidizer burns off what the sanitizer has already dealt with — lotions, sweat, the things that make water dull. Shock with the cover open.
UseSpaBoss Shock 1kg · Oxy Out 1kg
05Weekly
Maintain
A capful of the specialty products keeps foam down, scale off the shell and the water polished between changes.
UseSpaBoss Defoamer 500 ml · SpaBoss Polish 500ml · SpaBoss No Phos - Spa 500 ml· SpaBoss Prevent II (stain & scale)
06Rinse weekly · deep-clean monthly
Clean the filter
Rinse the cartridge with a hose each week; soak it in cartridge cleaner about once a month; replace it when it no longer comes clean.
UseSpa-Ball· SpaBoss Cartridge Cleaner· Equinox replacement cartridge