Forum: Pools, Pets and Creepy Critters

I have a quick question or three. :) Last Sunday I found two mice in the skimmers (one in each). I shocked to 12 PPM. Now today I find yet...

Our pool is no fun because of insects. First, we seem to have some type of light brown, TEENY TINY worm/bug thing all over the pool. I mean, ALL OVER...

We are thinking of getting a vinyl liner, ingound pool. We also have a golden retriever that LOVES to swim. Will she cause a lot of damage?? Is it...

Well here I was thanking God I've only found your typical critters like Mice and birds in the skimmers. I was out helping one of my fellow workers on...

Does anyone know how to keep these green-headed biting flies away. Theyre not around all the time, but theyre relentless when they do show up.

I found a worm in my skimmer sock today. Where did it come from & why was it still alive in all that cl? I think is was a "whipworm" according to...

Ok, here's the story! Mini Doxy got fleas last week, took him to the groomer now is all clear. Sprayed some kind of mega spray in the yard to kill...

Hi There, How do you get rid of these small black bettles in your pool. They have a strong grasp on the pebble Tec and grout line, and worst of all...

What a strange looking bug! It was swimming in and under the water with the greatest of ease:eek: With legs that appeared to be backwards. ...

How much DE should I be putting out? A heavy, wide band of DE? A tiny amount? Should I mix it into the dirt or leave it on top? We've been told...

We've had our pool for 3 years and now for the 3rd year we've had a problem with biting flies in our backyard. They show up around this time and...

I have ants around the coping of my pool CONSTANTLY. I want to kill them but am leery of spraying any type of spray that close to my water. I can...

We have hundreds of salamanders (I think that is what they are) in our pool now.. We had them in the spring before we swam, and they are back again...

At the end of October we shut down the pool which involved winterizing the pump and filter equipment and removing the wedding cake steps. Turns out...

Here in NE Florida, we had our first significant rain in about the last 35 days or so, on a Friday night. Went out to the pool Saturday morning, and...

Hello, I live in North Alabama, and it seems that a bunch of birds have decided to use my IG pool as a toilet. There are many deposits on and...

this year is only the second year we've had the pool last year, i assume because the install was fresh, we didn't have "the problem" this year,...

Your enjoying your crystal clean sparkling pool on a mid spring afternoon after a long day at work. Splashing around in the water, you admire...

My wife took this pic of a frog riding a ball with a beetle on his back. She insists that there is also a spider on the beetle's...

So, before I go out and buy a Box Fan and order this Skeeter Bag, I was wondering if anyone has tried this (or something similar):...

Just a quick question. I had a mouse living in my vacuum hose. When I hooked it up there must have been some remnants of feces because the skimmer...

Wasn't sure exactly WHERE to put this one, this was the closest I could find. Does anyone have experience or advice with elephant ears being planted...

We have been slammed with rain the past 5 or so weeks, but I am seeing a BUNCH Of roaches around my pool in the mulch and such...anybody know how to...

That would be horse flies, deer flies, gad flies, and etc. With our pools we've created the perfect breeding habitat for them. At our place, we have...