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[aylad]

What she needs to know is if you have a sand, DE, or cartridge filter?

Janet

[AnnaK]

Sheila, whichever way you go, full open or just have the pump functional to add chemicals now and then, be sure you add enough water to the pool to reach halfway up the skimmer frame, otherwise your pump won't have any water to draw in.

[Sheila2e]

Ok, spent most of the day trying to get water off the winter cover. We finally got it off, power washed the winter cover. And the water is crystal clear! Yay! So far no algae, or slimey walls. Just a few dead flies, a slug, a worm. Oh & one of those creepy swimming bugs. So far looks like I just have to fill the pool & vacuum it! I am so excited... But now my question is.... Is there any way to avoid those creepy swimming bugs?

[PoolDoc]

Is there any way to avoid those creepy swimming bugs?

Sure!

Just move your pool into the desert, OR take all of the water out of it.

Seriously -- not really. Those waterbugs can fly, and do!

[Sheila2e]

lol They are sooo gross though... The desert thing sounds like a good idea though!

[PoolDoc]

It's all matter of perspective -- my family finds them fascinating!

(But then, we currently have a dead bat hanging in a bag on our front stoop, so I can show my Scouts. And, we had a pet jumping spider that got so fat from eating the flies we gave it, it couldn't jump! Watermom has gotten to the point where she's afraid to look if I send an email entitled, "Look what we found!")

[Sheila2e]

lol I don't blame her! My 5 year old daughter loves slugs, worms, spiders, etc... But flies & those swimming bugs freak her out!! She won't get in the pool if she sees'em! & at one point towards the end of the summer, I swear something in the water was biting us! :/ I was just hoping there was a way to detour them from the pool.

[Watermom]

(But then, we currently have a dead bat hanging in a bag on our front stoop, so I can show my Scouts. And, we had a pet jumping spider that got so fat from eating the flies we gave it, it couldn't jump!

EEK!! Remind me when I am out your way to just meet you at a restaurant or something instead of walking up your stoop to ring the bell!!

Watermom has gotten to the point where she's afraid to look if I send an email entitled, "Look what we found!")

Ben, you know me well!

(You guys should see some of the pictures of creepy crawly critters and other scary stuff that he has sent! It's no wonder I peek at them with only one eye cracked open at first before I decide if I am brave enough to open both eyes and look!)