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    we have a Bee problem

    they are honey bees, my wife used to be a keeper. until my son developed an allergy. as for the keeper providing water? well there are plenty of water sources around us. two of our neighbors have pools, and there is a bayou in the area.
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    we have a Bee problem

    there are hives down the road from us about 1/2 a mile. we did the soap/water spray bottle and it worked but requires someone to stand guard over the pool 24/7. we are presently trying garlic powder and dryer sheets. having some luck with the garlic powder. the bees won't land where there is...
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    we have a Bee problem

    We have a bee problem with our pool. Bees have decided that our pool is to be their source for water. what can we do to change their mind?
  4. M

    Need new cleaner

    I just bought a polaris 825. so far, we are very happy with it. The only feature that this one doesn't have that I wanted was 7 day programming.
  5. M

    What's your pool cleaners name?

    we have a Polaris 825, we've named it George.
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    hello from south Louisiana

    but, how would you go about fixing the problem. i am leaning toward replacing the whole filter. I don't want open up the filter only to find more problems. Then I will be without a filter for a while.
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    hello from south Louisiana

    I haven't measured the sand to determine the volume but the first time that we put our robot (polaris 825, aka George) in his basket was about 3/4 full of sand I would estimate about one quart. after the initial cleaning we get about a cup or so, running george every other day. and it is...
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    hello from south Louisiana

    hi I am Greg, I just bought a house with an inground gunite freeform pool. it isn't very big but, we enjoy it. I am having a problem, we are seeing a bit of sand in our robot's basket after cleaning. In my research I've learned that this could mean that I have a cracked lateral (or two, or...