Hi everyone, and sorry for this long first post!
We recently moved to Houston and purchased our new home in September 2018. The home has an in ground pool, which appears to have been properly maintained by the previous owner. We were able to meet them during the sale and spend a few hours talking about the pool and maintenance.
We are new to having a pool, so we thought we would hire a pool service which lasted about 3 months since we decided we needed to learn about the maintenance ourselves. I reviewed tons of on line information, spent plenty of time with the folks at the local pool supply/maintenance facility and well, did our best to take on the maintenance.
the fall season was tough due to so many trees in the neighborhood. Leaves, pine needles, and many other debris from the neighborhood trees landed in our pool all the time. It was a constant cleaning process every day, multiple times a day, scooping out the debris.
The pump runs 8 hours a day; we use 3" chlorine tablets constantly; perfectly weekly solution, weekly, brush, cleanout the skimmer basket; and have the water tested at the local facility weekly and have been told each time the readings were good, not chemical adjustments needed.
But now we have tiny black bugs in the pool. I only noticed these two weeks ago. they stick to the edge on the tile right above the water line. They float on the water, hop and jump when disturbed. They are tiny so it's hard to tell they're bugs. We first thought they were seeds from the tree flowers. I believe they may be springtail fleas but not sure. I was told to use Black Algaecide which we did it had no effect, the bugs still appeared. I was then advised to give a strong shock to the water which we did and ran the pump for 24 hours. The next day there appeared to dead bugs floating and we scooped them out. This morning, I noticed there were still some bugs in the water.
Any and all advice on how best to handle this is greatly appreciated.
We recently moved to Houston and purchased our new home in September 2018. The home has an in ground pool, which appears to have been properly maintained by the previous owner. We were able to meet them during the sale and spend a few hours talking about the pool and maintenance.
We are new to having a pool, so we thought we would hire a pool service which lasted about 3 months since we decided we needed to learn about the maintenance ourselves. I reviewed tons of on line information, spent plenty of time with the folks at the local pool supply/maintenance facility and well, did our best to take on the maintenance.
the fall season was tough due to so many trees in the neighborhood. Leaves, pine needles, and many other debris from the neighborhood trees landed in our pool all the time. It was a constant cleaning process every day, multiple times a day, scooping out the debris.
The pump runs 8 hours a day; we use 3" chlorine tablets constantly; perfectly weekly solution, weekly, brush, cleanout the skimmer basket; and have the water tested at the local facility weekly and have been told each time the readings were good, not chemical adjustments needed.
But now we have tiny black bugs in the pool. I only noticed these two weeks ago. they stick to the edge on the tile right above the water line. They float on the water, hop and jump when disturbed. They are tiny so it's hard to tell they're bugs. We first thought they were seeds from the tree flowers. I believe they may be springtail fleas but not sure. I was told to use Black Algaecide which we did it had no effect, the bugs still appeared. I was then advised to give a strong shock to the water which we did and ran the pump for 24 hours. The next day there appeared to dead bugs floating and we scooped them out. This morning, I noticed there were still some bugs in the water.
Any and all advice on how best to handle this is greatly appreciated.