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[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.

[PoolDoc]

You can cautiously use the linear quat algaecides we usually dis-recommend. The same characteristics that cause the water to be foamy, also make it harder for those bubble breathing bugs to function. Sams' Club has a 2 gallon pack of that stuff for pretty cheap. If you get some, add the recommended dose, and see what happens. Just be careful -- that stuff uses up chlorine and makes the water more irritating. If you get a K2006, and post readings, I can help you 'tune up' to run the quats intermittently without having too much conflict with chlorine.

[Sheila2e]

Ok thanks I will definitely be looking into that. We still have a few weeks before we can actually swim. I think next week we are planning on filling the pool back up. The pump is connected but not running yet... hence needing water. lol

[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!)

[PoolDoc]

You know, I should start a photo gallery in the Critters section . . . .

[Watermom]

That's the stuff nightmares are made of!

[PoolDoc]

Nah. You'll know not to look.