Water Boatmen in my pool...

[sunlove]

No matter how high my chlorine level is, I seem to always have at least 1 sometimes 2-3 of these things. I scoop them out and they get back in. Haven't had algae since spring so I don't know what they are eating or why they decide my pool is a better home than the pond! I am afraid to try dish soap, my pool is on the small side so that could be disastrous. I once bought an off brand of bleach and it caused a small amount of foaming, must have had some kind of surfectant (sp) in it, I wish I remembered where I got it, I'd start using it.

[PoolDoc]

Waterbugs fly.

They are going to investigate water bodies in their range. There is absolutely nothing you can do to prevent that, except enclosing your pool. So you can't keep them from arriving, but you can keep them from wanting to stay!