Please help I found maggots in my pool

[Kmartin]

Last night around dusk there was a clump in the middle of my shallow end I fished it out with anet came out with about a hundred maggots. I trash has been taken out a few hours before so I ran out to check the trash cans and there were maggots in them. They're usually about 50 ft away from my pool on the other side of my fence. What can I do I'm really grossed out. I'm actually swimming away the net cuz I can't barely use it again. I did do a backwash and then a rinse of my sand filter I have an inground pool I can't see any more on the bottom there are a few stragglers floating on the top. Please tell me I don't have to empty the pool I just filled it 3 weeks ago but I want to sanitize it. How do I go about doing that and when I mean sanitized I'm a clean freak and just knowing they where in there makes me not want to use the pool ever again.

 

[kimkats]

CHLORINE!!! Take your FC up to SLAM level for your CYA as seen in this chart: FC/CYA Levels That should kill any left. I would let the net sit in the pool so the chlorine can clean it also. I would do a bleach rinse on the trash cans as well.

 

[Wobblerlorri]

Definitely do a SLAM, like Kim said! The chlorine level is so high, it should ease your mind. Heck, bring it up to mustard algae SLAM levels for 24 hours!

That's what I'd do.

 

[duraleigh]

Relax and bring your FC up to SLAM level one time. Pools are not home to maggots so they were transferred from somewhere else and probably will not be back.

Go swimming.......

 

[Chasarms]

Do you have raccoons in your area? My guess is that one found it's dinner in your trash can and used your pool to wash it before enjoying. There is no way I can imagine those being in your water other than another animal dropping them in there. That said, chlorine is indiscriminate in its destruction of organic materials. Whatever bacteria was left behind is likely already dead. But, a SLAM might help you feel better about it.

Just check your CC tomorrow. If it is down, whatever might have been is vaporized.

 

[Oly]

After sitting in your pool water those were the cleanest maggots ever. Relax, your water will be fine after the FC bump and the chlorine does its thing.

 

[duraleigh]

I agree.....very clean maggots........is that one of those oxymorons?

 

[Kmartin]

Thanks everyone I slammed it with the chlorine looks good. I just mentally have to get past it, threw the net away and bought a new one LOL