The latest strange thing that I found was a crawfish making itself at home on the bottom of the pool.
Finding strange things in the pool
- Thread starter Homebrewale
- Start date
- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,908
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
Pictures, or it didn't happen! lol
I never saw it. My wife found it. Every time she mentions it, it gets bigger. Sort of like fish you caught. I have no idea where it came from. There are no ponds or creeks uphill from my house. I did find a crawfish some years back that was living in a hole in the yard near an underground spring. It could have come from my neighbor's backyard that had a lot of water running across it and over my backyard.
Critters of all shapes and sizes like TFP pools.
I don't particularly like the wolf spiders that can walk across the surface.
bbrowncods
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The occasional frog or toad. When we find them, we just take them over our nieghbor's small fish pond. I'm going to start tagging them though....I have feeling I keep catching and returning the same few frogs. They're starting to look familiar!
mberlew
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I thought the ducks were cute until a few years ago when they had baby ducks and one of them baked to death on my brick coping. It went from cute to tragic real quick.
The current wierd thing I get that I can't explain are little balls that look like BB's in the pre-filter area (don't know what it is called but basically the small filter with clear top before water gets to my primary DE filter). They tend to be shades of white, gray and blue. Any ideas?
The current wierd thing I get that I can't explain are little balls that look like BB's in the pre-filter area (don't know what it is called but basically the small filter with clear top before water gets to my primary DE filter). They tend to be shades of white, gray and blue. Any ideas?
mberlew
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Oh and before I re-did the tile around the rim of the pool, all my tiles were gradually coming apart from the wall and falling off. There were a ~6 baby snakes that lived between the tile and the wall. That was freaky.
the_sphynx
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- Feb 19, 2019
- 108
- Pool Size
- 25000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
So far this year I have found a couple of drowned rats, a couple of mice, a gopher, a few live frogs, and about 1,000+ various floating insects in mine. It's like a habit now to just walk out there in the morning and see what I have to dispose of that day!
I usually encounter a few drowning bugs in the water when I swim. I figure I can either save them or pull their corpses out of the skimmer later.
Today I rescued a drowning bug and set it down on the deck. As it was drying off, a lizard came running out of nowhere and ate it.
Funny or sad?
Today I rescued a drowning bug and set it down on the deck. As it was drying off, a lizard came running out of nowhere and ate it.
Funny or sad?
LooLooPoolNoob
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I've found about 6 crow hatchlings dead on the concrete this spring, I may be tough, but I cannot deal with dead animals. I paid my son 5 bucks a bird to bury them!
Do you have a Nature2 type device?
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mberlew
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Do you have a Nature2 type device?
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Nature2 is a line of simple and effective mineral sanitizers that work in conjunction with your pool and spa's filtration system. Nature2 delivers sparkling clean water and is proven to destroy bacteria and fight algae without the harsh effects of traditional chemicals.
JamesW - That's it! Would you believe I moved into this house and inherited this pool in summer of 2006 - prior owners had installed a Nature 2 device. I've never done anything with it, just assumed it's "effectiveness" had worn out long long ago. I guess now it is falling apart from the inside out? They seem to release into my pre-filter area in spurts - i'll get a batch of 30 of those balls one day, then won't see them again for another year.
If anyone has need for a handful, please send a self-addressed, prepaid envelope to... JK.
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Looks like bunny poop to me. We just had ducks hatch in the raised flower bed and 7 ducklings show up with mom soiling the pool bottom. My wife got mad when I opened the gate and her entertainment walked right out into the unknown. I tried explaining to her that ducklings don’t need chlorinated salt water and I think the mallard hen agreed.
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