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    Default Re: Weird teeny tiny bugs and stinging/flying ant things

    New Mosquito protocol forbids laying of eggs in pool, however, mosquito can't read, so protocol is not being followed.
    Chlorine at 3-4 ppm does NOT make any difference on killing bugs, those pesky backswimmers sure don't seem to mind 10 ppm's, almost seems like they grow in it!
    You have to shock or get some Gambusia Affinis in your pool, that should do it.
    I just read something interesting, they say to use a spoon of vegetable oil in a rainbarrel to kill the mosquito larvae - theory behind this is that the larvae need to breathe and the oil will "coat' the surface of the water so their air straw cannot break through, in effect suffocating them.
    I wonder if the "solar fish" availabale at pool stores will have the same effect, essentially it does what the oil does, coat the surface with a thin layer.
    That could be a simple effective cure worth trying.
    Last edited by matt4x4; 07-05-2006 at 11:08 AM.

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