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How to Start-Up Your Hot Tub

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  1. Fill Your Hot Tub and Check Hardness
    After draining and cleaning, fill the hot tub with fresh water and check your Hardness level first. If higher than 250 ppm, ask your dealer for a stain and scale preventor and follow the directions on the product.
  2. Balance the Water
    Always start by balancing your water. FROG Balancing Basics® Kit includes everything you need to balance your water.
  3. Shock the Water
    Add FROG Maintain® to establish clean, sanitized water.
  4. Add Sanitizer
    FROG sanitizing systems kill bacteria with FROG Sanitizing Minerals® and a reduced amount of chlorine. For example, FROG® @ease® reduces chlorine use up to 75%* while creating luxurious, crystal-clear Fresh Mineral Water®∞.

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