Forum: Pools, Pets and Creepy Critters

I have a terrible dead animal smell and flies in the grass next to my pool. It has been there for 3 days now and is so horrible that no one can sit...

I picked up a 5 lb bag of CYA at my local pool store to raise the level in my pool and stupidly set it where the dogs could reach it. They tore open...

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...

First year ever having my own pool. Out of nowhere the past 2 days the Pool is getting completely covered by Gnats. Literally takes me 45 minutes to...

New pool owner with a few questions. Been a lurker on this site for a month or so. Ive gotten a lot good info here. With the info I've found here,...

My wife and I moved into our house about 1 1/2 years ago. Two reasons we bought it. Our gandaughter lives across the street and there is a pool in...

After only have my 24 ft doughboy for 3 weeks I'm haveing a huge problem with water bugs. Actually I don't know the real name for them. We can net...

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...

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,...

I had never heard of these bugs till I got a couple last year. My girlfriend was bitten by one and it hurt big time. A couple of pool centers in my...

I turned on the pool light last night and noticed about 6 of these bad boys swimming around the light. They are definately backswimmers and not...

Speaking of water fleas, I have them too with a vengeance! I read some posts and shocked the pool. they died and it's a week later and now they're...

We just went out to check our chlorine levels and our filter and found all over the white metal poles these tiny swarming bugs that are smaller than...

Hi everyone, I am a new pool owner (my wife and I bought the house in SoCal about six months ago) and this led me to make one of the daftest...

I've had my pool for 9 years. This is the first year that I've had this fast swimming, oval shaped black bug. Anyone know what they are or how to get...

First time pool owner, 24ft above ground.

I live in Connecticut and have an above ground pool. My dad has had the pool for about 15 years and this year suddenly we keep finding these small...

I did a search and found a few threads on keeping ducks out, but the suggestions really seemed hit or miss. I chase them away if I see them, but...

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.

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...

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...

Walked around the still closed pool today and saw my first water boatman of the year... let the war begin!!!

I am in Edinburg, TX (deep south TX) several weeks ago I noticed clouds of tiny specs floating on the pool surface. At first I thought it was...

Hello, One of my neighbours recently had to scoop out a dead rodent and a dead bird out of her pool, both within a period of about a month, so...

Hi - I'm looking to get an above ground pool but am a bit leary knowing that my lab will be in and out of the pool and don't want to keep replacing...

I found a dead mouse at the bottom of my pool. I have a saltwater filtration system. I cleaned the pool out yesterday but my chlorine reading was 0...

How do you prevent moles from tunneling under your liner and causing deep ruts in pool bottom

Well it looks like I’m on the verge of a nut grass invasion there are over a dozen pointed things poking up in the bottom of my liner. They are...