New Intex above ground owner - Psuedomonas?

[PoolDoc]

It's better to wait on the dichlor, till you can hold chlorine overnight.

There's not too much you can to do make the OTO test more precise: it's very reliable, and covers a broad range, but it's not very precise.

[May76]

Ok, will do! Should I leave the trichlor tablets alone in the meantime for the rest of the week too? And should I wait the whole week before getting back in?

Sorry for all the questions...thanks for the help!

[PoolDoc]

I can't remember what trichlor you have, and I don't have time to re-read the thread now. If you have trichlor floaters, that's fine.

[May76]

Just the regular Aqua Chme 3" ones. I put the bleach in tonight I'll throw the floater back in in the morning. Thanks again! :-)

[PoolDoc]

Check and make sure they don't contain copper.

[May76]

I'll have to check, or possibly call them and see. I've tried to find that stuff on the box before, but could not locate it. I did an OTO test tonight and it was dark yellow, definitely 5 if not higher, no orange tint that I could tell. The test strip I followed with showed the darkest purple(10). I will skip tonight since the yellow was dark and check again tomorrow night. Thanks!

[May76]

Ok, just finished checking with my OTO and it was dark yellow(no orange tint) again so I'm guessing it was at least 5, followed with a test strip and it looked to be in between 5 and 10. Should I add bleach tonight since I skipped last night? I'm thinking I should. It's been raining nonstop for pretty much almost 48 hours here so the sun has not had a good chance to burn anything off yet. My husband had to let a few inches drain out today from all the rain and then we had a freak torrential downpour AFTER he did that, so he may have to let a little out again tomorrow. I ordered the Taylor kit thru the forum's Amazon shop(along with a brush and an Unicel filter cartridge) so I'm hoping the kit will be here at least by Tuesday, but won't know till it gets here.

So...adding a gallon of bleach tonight sound like a good idea?