bugs

Hello! We just had our in-ground pool done last spring. The last 3-4 weeks we have been battling these tiny black bugs floating throughout the pool! Mainly on the surface and along the edges, but still see them floating in the center and along the pool cleaner hose. Every day we skim what seems...

Hello, I recently took over the care of my family’s pool. It is green, cloudy, and has thousands of tiny bug larvae swimming in it. I ordered the wrong Taylor test kit which I am going to return, so I only have access to the test strips we already had which test FC, pH, and Alk. My first...

First Post here but have had several saltwater pools over the last 10 years and never seen this issue before. Live in the Dallas area and we have had a very rainy few of months, so last night before bed I throw in a couple of bags of shock before going to bed to take care of some algae I see...

I was emptying the bag from our pool vac, and found some small (≈5mm) pink-orange shrimp or copepods in the bag. I let the bag dry out before I empty it, so I’m not sure if they’re a different color before they dehydrated. I’ll try to get some pictures next time. Anyone else ever find aquatic...

(My apologies if I'm in the wrong place.) You can knock them in the water and they stay on the surface and swim back to the side. I guess they're some kind of backswimmer? I'll post testing results later after I've tested today but have applied 2 shock treatments and chlorine and keep...