New Intex above ground owner - Psuedomonas?

[Watermom]

If the sample turned pink at all, you had a little CC.

For the dilution method of testing pH when you have high chlorine levels, you have to use equal parts of pool water and distilled water. Try that test again.

Don't retest CYA for awhile or else you'll just be wasting reagents. I assume you are using dichlor? (I didn't want to take the time to reread a 34 post thread to look and see.)

[May76]

Thank you. I will test PH again. I edited to add that "I did not do the Acid or Base demand test for PH, should I have?"
And "Should I work on getting my CYA a little higher? I'm guessing I should raise my PH a little. If my CC IS 1, do I need to do something about that? and I'm guessing my FC level is good, if not too high, should I leave the bleach alone for a while or continue adding in case I do have mustard algae or the Psuedomonas stuff?"

Yep, I've been shocking with the Dichlor I already had on hand (AquaChem), though I have not added anymore Dichlor since starting with the bleach. And using 3" Trichlor tablets in a floater(same brand as the shock). I still use those.

THANKS SO MUCH AGAIN! :-)

[May76]

Retested PH using 1/4c distilled and 1/4c pool water and it is close to 7.0, but a smidge lighter so it could still be somewhere in between 6.8 and 7.0. Did not do acid or base demand. I guess it's safe with CC of 1 and FC of 13 to get in there with the brush tonight or no?

I was reading on another thread that if there is CC present the water will turn pink immediately after adding 5 drops of R-0003, but this is not the case. It only started turning a very faint hardly distinguishable pink after sitting there at least 15-20 seconds AFTER swirling a while after the very last drop of R-0003, maybe longer(I wasn't really counting). Could it be just something it does if you let it sit a while?

[Watermom]

Add some Borax and bring your pH up some.

I have a feeling that you have no more than 0.5ppm of CC. Read the test immediately.

[May76]

I can add Borax tomorrow night(have to pick some up, do not have it on hand). How soon should I retest after adding the Borax and when can we swim? I DO have the Robelle PH Rise on hand, I've used it once before, weeks ago, but if you think it may have some yucky stuff in it I'll just get the Borax tomorrow. The kids have been driving me up the wall asking lol...is it okay to swim tomorrow before adding the Borax or PH rise?

Sorry for all the questions and thank you so much again!

[May76]

Just checked the PH Rise and it says that the active ingredient is "sodium carbonate" it does not list anything else. I think Pool Doc said I wouldn't have to buy the Borax since I have the PH Rise, that it is same as washing soda just more expensive? I could have misunderstood him though. Last time I used the Ph Rise it went from a PH of 7.0(pool store reading) to around 7.8(7.8 was my test strip reading), but the pool store tested it a week later and it was 7.4. I added about 2 cups then(if memory serves me correctly) so I may use just 1 cup tonight if it's ok to use and see where that takes me. I would prefer not to use Muriatic Acid to lower again it if I don't have to.

EDITED TO ADD:
ok, went ahead and added one cup of the Ph Rise, will test in a couple of hours and see what the results are.

[PoolDoc]

You can add borax to raise the pH to normal levels, and swim immediately.

[May76]

Awesome, thanks! I went ahead and added the PH Rise(you mentioned it was the same as washing soda just more expensive?)I already had here, but will switch to using Borax when it runs out. Gonna check the Ph and see where it's at here soon and adjust as needed. Then tomorrow swim and hopefully no more rash. I'll keep an eye on the chlorine, but should I dose with Dichlor again to get the Cya up? I'm still using the tablets, but I guess they aren't adding much yet.

Thanks again for everyone's help!