Hi Austin, if you're seeing a pink tone so early in the process my inclination would be to start over. Be sure to clean your container and tools with very hot water, and dry them thoroughly before beginning again. I'm not sure what flours you're feeding your starter with, but I would try to stick to either whole wheat or whole rye for the first feeding, and then switch to unbleached all-purpose flour. If you want to continue feeding with whole wheat flour once a day until the starter begins rising and falling predictably (this can take several days), and then switch to feeding unbleached all-purpose flour twice a day, that can also work well. Barb

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