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    bugs

    For anyone that has water boatman or back swimmers...I was totally infested last year with both of them. I read some where that Dawn dish liquid would kill them. I put some water in a bucket with a few drops of Dawn, caught a couple of the buggers and put them in the bucket...They died. So I put...
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    pool filter throwing sand in to pool

    I can believe that you can't replace the part. I found the same problem with many pool products. I worked for a pool and spa store many years ago. We stocked and sold all kinds of parts for skimmers, pumps, filters,ladders,etc. etc. I too have had problems finding parts. I believe the name of...
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    backswimmers, waterboatmen and Heaven knows what else

    Thank you for your help. :goodjob: :goodjob: .....I tried to post my stats but couldn't figure it out ... I ended up using Dawn dish liquid....It WORKED!!!!!!!!! Along with the backswimmers and water boatmen ( which I found were almost the same thing) I had black beetle type bugs that were...
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    backswimmers, waterboatmen and Heaven knows what else

    Hi Y'all, I live in North Central FL I have had these little skipper typer bugs since I have had the pool 7 years. Not many and from what I am finding on the internet they are backswimmers. This year it looks like waterboatmen and something bigger and uglier. I want these things dead and...