Always maintain your sanitizers. The warm bodies of water in hot tubs will be an ideal breeding habitat for bacteria from our bodies, airborne mold spores, and algae. To stop this, you will need to pretreat and maintain proper sanitation in your hot tub. You can buy these sanitizers at your local spa store. You also need to shock treat. Shock treatment is simply the action of adding a compound to the water to break down dead organisms left in your tub by sanitation as well as non-filterable items such as dirt, soap films, hair spray, and sweat. If these things were allowed to stay in the water, they would be a great food source for microorganisms.
The hardness in the water, measured as the total amount of calcium in the water, is also important. If sufficient calcium were to stay in the water, it could cause equipment malfunction and problems with the water foaming. Although there is no way to reduce extremely high calcium levels, you can easily increase calcium with calcium increaser, which can be bought at your local spa store.
To prevent problems with stain and scale, you should treat every time you change the water, which should be every three to four months. Do not add mineral stain and scale remover to the water, as this will throw all your chemicals out of order, as well as cause harm to the equipment as well as your body. So you will always want to treat when refilling because you can not treat any other time.
Your hot tub is not the only thing that needs maintenance. Your hot tub cover needs care too. If it is dirty, that filth will eventually make it into your hot tub. In order to rid this of all bacteria, you will need to wipe it down with a light soap and water. This will keep things from your hot tub cover out of your hot tub.
It is very important to keep your hot tub clean. This way, it will be inviting to you as well as your guests.