How to Fix CLOUDY HOT TUB Water

Swim University makes pool and hot tub care easy for millions of homeowners. Each year, we continue to help more people with water chemistry, cleaning, and troubleshooting. We know taking care of a swimming pool or spa can be difficult. And it’s hard to find a trusted source of information. This is the reason we created Swim University.

On this episode we’re talking about cloudy water in your hot tub. It's a common problem. We’ll learn what causes it and how to fix it when it happens.

⏰ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction to How To Fix Cloudy Hot Tub Water
00:13 - What Causes Cloudy Hot Tub Water
00:36 - 3 Steps To Fix Cloudy Hot Tub Water
01:53 - Bonus Tip: How To Add Hot Tub Chemicals

[patrickjohnson]

OMG someone knows how to talk on utube, thanks so getting to the point.

[glennjones]

When you say turn the air valves off, explain more please. I turn on my bubbles when adding chemicals. How am I turning off my air valves??

[sj]

Nice tips. My tub is milky cloudy and I usually cure it with clarifier. This time ive had to empty it? Im interested in one point you made..why do you need to turn the jets off to add chemicals?

[Butlrm]

What do you mean, "when adding chemicals, make sure the air valves are off", are the jets that same thing as air valves? I turn on the jets and toss in my chemicals. Am I doing it wrong?

[erniegonzalez]

I use shock let it run wait till it clears up. How long does it take to get clear water. So I can use the spavac or hose.

[pdholmes]

I have difficulty in reading a test strip the colors are difficult to determine and match the label. Is there a digital tester that you would recommend. One that gives recommendation for balancing water chemistry. I use bromine tablets. I have a 210 gallon inflatable spa indoors in a sun room.

[georgedewey]

Why does the cover need to be off…if you put chems in and run tub won’t it be fine to leave cover on?

[chefbambu]

Is there an electronics device that reads chemicals in the wanter then displays what needed?

[helenkuo]

So I go ahead and add the chlorine even when the alkalinity is still high??? still at 180?

[markbellingham]

Very grateful for your help thank you very much bless you 🙏

[NoPro]

Can you use any tub shock treatment in Bromine Hottub ?

[martinedeards]

how do you turn jets ON but air OFF???

[moedamage]

How do you turn your your jets off and keep spa on?

[deborahkilloran]

I have a problem with getting my ph down in my hot tub. The water is so hard. What do I do?

[BWWGL]

1. I have a Inflatable Intex Pure SPA/HOT, the Air Jet are AIR operated therefore, it's all in one. My point is I can't run the Jets without running the what am I to do? The only thin g that will run independently is the Circulation pump.

2. I'm going from Chlorine, to I know I have to drain the Tub, how do I effectively clean it before going to Bromine ?

Thanks in advance

[tracyhoefer]

hello, what if I've put in double my regular chlorine in my swim spa and nothing shows up on my strips?

[nay]

Please help. I'm soooo frustrated. I've cleaned our hot tub with diluted bleach last night. Today this gross brown film is all around it. We have a filter but it's still soooo gross like semi dirty bath water. Help. Can I clean this without draining. Our tub is a plug and play. When it's on the jets run on a cycle. Please help.

[Sherileeaz]

I agree with just refill to save money and chemicals because adding additional chemicals to the already bad water is a waste and won't correct high solids etc. it's worth the time to refill at least twice a year in my opinion.

[SwimUniversity]

Do you have a cloudy hot tub right now?

[lancehovorka]

Well I spent $150 to have water hauled into my hot tub because I live out in the county and our water is no good what do you do then