BBB Method

[jcarroca]

I want to use this method sometime in the future, after I deplete all of my chemicals bought from the pool store. Question on Borax. Is there any harm in using this stuff. Some website insist you can make a concoction with borax and sugar to kill insects such as ants. I am wondering on the longterm health effect. I have very small children.

[Maxout]

From one of the manufacturer's that uses Borax for that purpose...

TERRO® Liquid Ant Bait is a sweet food based product similar to pancake syrup combined with Borax. Borax is a mineral that is mined in the desert in California and is a common active ingredient that is used in soap
products such as 20 Mule Team Borax.

The product kills ants but will not harm people or pets. If you spill some
on your skin there will be no reaction at all. Simply wash with warm water.

[waterbear]

If you have ever used Proteam's Supreme or Biolab's Optimizer in your pool ( or one of the house brand equivalents) then you have put borax in your pool! It is perfectly safe!