New Intex above ground owner - Psuedomonas?

[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?

[PoolDoc]

Higher is better than lower, when eradicating Psuedomonas. But I'd skip a day, if you are concerned about liner bleaching. You can make it more carefully 'high' once the K2006 arrives.

[May76]

Thanks for the reply! I wasn't sure and since I skipped the previous night, I thought it may be a good idea to go ahead and add it, so I did. Hopefully I didn't do too much damage. I may have to skip tonight though depending on how things look with the OTO test. I'll be glad when the Taylor kit gets here!

[May76]

Oh and something else, I thought I remembered reading in another post about Psuedomonas that it's a good idea to put the floats in the pool to help kill off the bacteria that may be on them too. I have had them out all week, should I put them in there when adding the bleach at night? Or do you think they have died off yet out of the water for several days? And when should I attempt to get back in?

Thanks!

[PoolDoc]

I don't think Psuedomonas is likely to survive, except as bacterial spores, on dry hard plastic. And since P. aeruginosa is ubiquitous -- often part of normal skin flora -- the presence of spores on floats is probably a non-issue.