Outdoor, indoor, your hot tub has to be taken care of, or it will turn into something that the ‘Monster from the Black Lagoon’ might consider living in. Outdoor, indoor, your hot tub has to be taken care of, or it will turn into something that the ‘Monster from the Black Lagoon’ might consider living in. Basic hot tub care, plus a little regular maintenance will keep your hot tub running like it should be, with nice clean water you can enjoy. Here are a couple of cleaning tips you can add to your hot tub regime to keep it looking great.

Use Chemicals or an Ozone Generator

This step is especially important if you have an outdoor hot tub. You’ll either want to use regular doses of chlorine or bromine, or get an ozone generator to keep bacteria and alien life forms from growing in your tub. If you’re using chemicals, use a pH test before each use and check the alkalinity and saturation of your chemicals. If you’re using an ozone generator, you can check once a week and add chemicals as needed. An ozone generator sprays ozone gas into your water. While this doesn’t help the ozone, it does clean your hot tub for you and allows you to use fewer chemicals for cleaning.

A Filter is Very Important to Your Hot Tub

It’s also important to use a filter. And don’t think you can get away with installing one and then never touching it again. Spa filters should be cleaned with water once a week, and replaced every year. The best method is to rotate a clean filter and an in-use filter so that you can take the old one out and soak it overnight for cleaning while your spa or hot tub still has a filter. Clean your old filter once a week with clean water (don’t use soap) and then let it dry while your spare does all of the work for the week. This will keep your filters in the best shape, and lets you go about 2 years before you have to purchase another filter!

Shock & Change the Water Regularly

If you want your hot tub or spa to stay clean, you’ll have to shock it, and change the water. Shocking the water keeps green, brown and other slimy stuff from growing in your pool, and actually isn’t that hard to do. Try using a chlorine shock (can be purchased at your local pool supply) at first, and then you can switch to using potassium monopersulfate shocks after your clean spa has been developed with chlorine or bromine. Change your water every 2-3 months and you’re all good to go!

If your hot tub is outdoors, make sure you cover it up while it isn’t in use. Just because you’re hot tub is in your yard, doesn’t mean it won’t fill up with leaves and brown sludge f you leave it uncovered.